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Sròn nan Gall

hill or mountain · Highland

GaelicAI-generated

This name means 'nose of the strangers' or 'nose of the foreigners'. 'Sròn' is Gaelic for 'nose', referring to a prominent ridge. 'Gall' is the genitive plural of 'gall', meaning 'stranger' or 'foreigner'.

Word origins

Sròn
Gaelicnose(from sròn "nose, snout, promontory")
nan
Gaelicof the(from an "the (genitive plural)")
Gall
Gaelicstrangers(from gall "stranger, foreigner")