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Scottish Gaelic place-name element
ceann
ceann means “head, end”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Kin- (Kintyre)
- Ken- (Kenmore)
Place names with ceann
- Cinn Tìre · Kintyre · Argyll and Bute“headland”
- A' Cheannmhor · Kenmore · Perth and Kinross“big head”
Other Scottish Gaelic elements
baile · village, townbàn · white, pale, faircàrn · cairndùn · fort, fortresseaglais · churchgleann · glen, valleyinbhir · mouth of a river, estuarylios · garden; enclosure; fortified placeloch · lake, lochmòr · big, large, greatmuileann · millport · port, harbourruadh · redsròn · nose; promontory, pointtobar · well, spring
Sources
- Wiktionary: ceann (Scottish Gaelic) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (gd-ceann)
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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