Mullaghcleevaun
hill or mountain · Wicklow · 847m
MarilynHewitt
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Mullaghcleevaun is from Gaelic, meaning 'bare hill of the cleaves' or 'bare hill of the slopes'. 'Mullach' means summit or bare hill, and 'cleevaun' relates to slopes or divisions.
Word origins
- mullagh
- GaelicAttestedsummit, bare hill(from mullach "summit, top")
- cleevaun
- Gaelicslopes, divisions(from cliobhán "cleave, division")