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Cairngorm, the blue cairn or mound. 



Bennan, Beinn an, the mountain of the river. 



Benvenue, mheadhonaidh, the middle mountain. 



Benledi, Beinn le Dia, the hill of God. 



Dun (Dun), a hillock, is an appellative which is present in very 

 many names, e.g. 



Duneidinn, dun eidinn, the hillock of Edwin. 



Dundee, dun dhia, the hillock of God. 



Dunbarr, barr, a point, the fort of the point. 



Words into which gleann, a glen, enters, are very numerous, e. g. 



Glencoe, gleann cumhainn a, the glen of the narrow water. 



Glenbervie, barr bhuidhe, the glen of the yellow top. 



Glengarry, gaih ruith or garbh ruith, the glen of the straight or 

 rough running [stream]. 



Coille is found in the first syllable of many words, e. g. 



Kildarroch, Coille daraich, the wood of the oak. 



Callander, Coille an darach, the wood of the oak. 



Kill, a cell or Church or burial ground, enters largely into the 

 names of Churches which had graveyards attached to them, e. g. 



Kilcherran, kill Ciaran, the Church of Saint Ciaran. 



Killean, kill, Illeathain, the Church of the servant of St. John. 



Kilmory, Muire, the Church of Mary. 



lnver, a confluence is supposed to be compounded of Inne, a 

 channel, and bior, water. The examples of it are numerous in the 

 Topography of Scotland, e. g. 



Inverary, inbhir a reidh, the confluence of the smooth water. 



Inversnaid, snathad, a needle, the confluence of the needle. 



Inveresk, esk, uisge, water, the confluence of the water. 



Inverleith, Hath, hoary, the hoary confluence. 



Loch is the Gaelic word for lake or lakelet, e. g. 



Loch Aline, aluinn, splendid, the splendid loch. 



Loch Carron, car amhainn, the loch of the crooked river. 



Lochee, / an island, the loch of the island. 



Lochness, an eis, the loch of the cascade. 



Lochnell, nan eala, the loch of the swans. 



Loch Laggan, laggan, a hollow, the loch of the hollow. 



Locheil, eile, another, the other loch. 



Srath — Strath embraces a wider extent of land than gleann : 

 words into which it enters as a component part are of frequent 

 occurrence, e. g. 



