Etymology

Ballachulish

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Today it means: A village in Lochaber, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0858). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Baile a' Chaolais
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromBaile a' Chaolais
  2. English todayBallachulish

From Scottish Gaelic Baile a' Chaolais (literally “town of the strait”), from baile (“town”) + caolas (“narrows, strait”), from caol (“narrow”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.