bealach

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noun

A mountain pass.

OriginIrish bealach →
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Meanings

nounbealach (plural bealachs)

plural bealachs

  1. IrelandA mountain pass.

    These scoured-out basins form the grain of the land but excellent tracks weave their way through glens and up over the bealachs at their heads, giving good access to the summits, and what summits they are.

    2018, Cameron McNeish, There's Always The Hills

Origin

  1. Irishbealach
  2. Englishbealach

From Irish bealach.

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APA

bealach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bealach

MLA

“bealach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bealach. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bealach,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bealach.

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