Poll nan Eun
lake or loch · Moray
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Poll nan Eun is a Gaelic name meaning 'pool of the birds'. It indicates a pool that was a habitat for birds or a place where birds were observed.
Word origins
- Poll
- Gaelicpool, deep pool, pond(from poll "pool")
- nan
- GaelicAttestedof the(from nan "of the (genitive plural)")
- Eun
- GaelicAttestedbirds(from eun "bird")
Historical forms
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