balmoral

balmoral · noun¹

From Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Balmoral · proper noun²

1. Old Irish · derived fromboth“hut, bothy, cot; cabin”
2. English todayBalmoral

Castle name first appears in writing as Bouchmorale in 1451. Formed from a combination of Old Irish both (“hut, bothy, cot; cabin”) and an uncertain second element. The second element may be Pictish, equivalent to Welsh mawr (“large”) + Welsh iâl (“pastureland”).

Balmoral · proper noun³

1. Old Irish · derived frommór“big, great”
2. Irish · derived fromBaile Mhóireil
3. English todayBalmoral

From Irish Baile Mhóireil, baile + mór, from Old Irish mór (“big, great”)).