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Sìthean Coire an Dubh-chadha

hill or mountain · Highland · 567m

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a fairy hill in a dark corrie. 'Sìthean' means fairy hill, 'coire' means corrie or cauldron, and 'an dubh-chadha' means of the dark pass or hollow.

Word origins

Sìthean
Gaelicfairy hill(from sìth "fairy, fairy mound", -ean "diminutive suffix")
Coire
Gaeliccorrie(from coire "corrie, cauldron")
an Dubh-chadha
Gaelicof the dark pass(from an "the", dubh "dark", cadh "pass, hollow")