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Ballochgair

Am Bealach Geàrr

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Meaning

the short pass


Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NR775275


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

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