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Eilginn
English name: Elgin · Moray
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
possibly “little Ireland”
The origin of this name is not certain. This is the meaning the sources below give.
Nearby & related:
Am Muileann Bàn · MulbenBaile Chèith · KeithMoireibh · MorayInbhir Nis · InvernessCàrn Gorm · Cairn GormLoch Nis · Loch Ness
Sources
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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