Placename Vocabulary

 

Ach – A mound or bank

Achadh – A field or meadow

Allt, alt, ault, ald or auld – A stream or burn

Ard or Aird – A high promontory

Bad – A place or clump

Bal – A farm or settlement

Beag – Little

Beinn, Ben or Bheinn – A mountain

Eilean – Island

Inver – Rivermouth

Kin = ceann – The head

Mor – Large