Etymology

Clachnaharry

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Today it means: A suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6446). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic clach
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromclach
  2. English todayClachnaharry

According to Roddy Maclean, from Scottish Gaelic clach na h-Aithrigh (“stone of repentance”) (see aithríoch), despite the popular derivation from clach na faire (“watchman's stone”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.