English / Map Form: Altnabreac
Gaelic Form: Allt nam Breac
Location: Caithness, Highland
Post Town: FORSINARD
County: Caithness
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Altnabreac
Gaelic Form: Allt nam Breac
Language Notes
G nom. sg. allt, masc. ‘burn’ + gen. pl. masc. def. art. nam + gen. pl. breac, masc. 'trout'Element Meaning
G allt ~ burn; breac ~ trout
Sources
G, burn of the trout Omand, 225
trout-burn: Watson 1904, 163
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