Etymology

Kintyre

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Today it means: A peninsula in the south-west of Argyll and Bute council area, western Scotland. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Cinn Tìre
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  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromCinn Tìre
  2. English todayKintyre

From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Tìre (literally “headland”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.