Etymology

Ben Macdui

Today it means: A mountain in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic beinn
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  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMacDuibh
  2. Scottish Gaelic · derived frombeinn“mountain, peak”
  3. English todayBen Macdui

From Scottish Gaelic beinn (“mountain, peak”) + Scottish Gaelic MacDuibh.

Words from the same roots

Scottish Gaelicbeinn all →

benBen MoreBen Nevis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.