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Earra-Ghàidheal
Pronunciation (IPA)/ɛrˠə ˈɣɛː.əl̪ˠ//aɾ ˈɣɛː.əl̪ˠ/ (Uist)/jɑɾə ˈɣɑil̪ˠ/ (Islay)
English name: Argyll · Argyll and Bute
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“coastland of the Gaels”, from Old Irish airer Goídel, “border region” or “coast” of the Gaels
Nearby & related:
An t-Òban · ObanLoch Long · Loch LongLios Mòr · LismoreDiùra · JuraGuireag · GourockBaile a' Chaolais · Ballachulish
Sources
- Wiktionary: Earra-Ghàidheal (Scottish Gaelic) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Argyll (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wikipedia: Argyll (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wikidata Q652539 (CC0)
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