Meallan Odhar nan Glasa
hill or mountain · Highland
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name describes a small, dun-coloured hill with grey features. 'Meallan' means 'small round hill', 'Odhar' means 'dun' or 'brown', and 'nan Glasa' means 'of the grey ones'.
Word origins
- Meallan
- GaelicAttestedsmall round hill(from meall "round hill", -an "diminutive suffix")
- Odhar
- GaelicAttesteddun, brown(from odhar "dun, brown")
- nan Glasa
- GaelicAttestedof the grey ones(from nan "of the", glasa "grey")