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Mount Eagle

hill or mountain · Highland · 256m

Marilyn
UnknownAI-generated

The origin of 'Mount Eagle' is unclear. While 'Mount' is English, 'Eagle' could be a translation of a Gaelic name like 'Beinn an Iolaire' (Eagle's Peak), or it could be a later English coinage.

Word origins

Mount
Old Englishmountain(from munt "mountain")
Eagle
Unknownuncertain, possibly translation of Gaelic for eagle