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Sìdhean Mór Dail a' Chaorainn

hill or mountain · Highland

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a large hill or mountain associated with a fairy mound, and a valley. 'Sìdhean' means fairy mound or hill, 'Mór' means big, and 'Dail a' Chaorainn' means 'valley of the rowan trees'.

Word origins

Sìdhean
Gaelicfairy mound, hill(from sìdh "fairy", -ean "diminutive suffix")
Mór
Gaelicbig, great
Dail
Gaelicvalley, haugh
a'
Gaelicof the
Chaorainn
Gaelicrowan trees(from caorunn "rowan tree")