English / Map Form: Ballochgair
Gaelic Form: Am Bealach Geàrr
Location: Kintyre, Argyll
Post Town: CAMPBELTOWN
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Ballochgair
Gaelic Form: Am Bealach Geàrr
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. (labial before vowels) am + nom. sg. bealach, masc. pass’ + nom. sg. adj. G geàrr, ‘short’Element Meaning
bealach ~ pass; geàrr ~ short
Sources
| BeBallochgir | 1545 RMS iii, 3085 |
| Ballachagir | 1567 ER xx, App |
| Ballochgair | 1804 Langlands |
Bealach Gearr short pass: Colville 2009 (1943), 10