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Beinn Bhreac
''Beinn Bhreac'' (Gaelic for "speckled hill") is a name shared by a number of Scottish hills and mountains: * Beinn Bhreac (Glen Derry) (), a Munro in the Cairngorms * Beinn Bhreac (Blair Atholl) (), a Marilyn in the Cairngorms * Beinn Bhreac (Barcaldine) (), a Marilyn in the Southern Highlands *Beinn Bhreac (Arrochar) Beinn Bhreac (681 m) is a mountain in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is part of the Luss Hills, a southern subrange of the Grampian Mountains. Rising from the western shore of Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (; gd, Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the El ... (), a Marilyn in the Southern Highlands * Beinn Bhreac (Broom) (), or "Meall Dubh", a Marilyn in the Highlands * Beinn Bhreac (Arran) (), a Marilyn on the Isle of Arran * Beinn Bhreac (Inveraray) (), a Marilyn in the Western Highlands * Beinn Bhreac (Kyles of Bute) (), a Marilyn in the Western Highlands * Beinn Bhreac (North Jura) (), a Marilyn on Jura * Beinn Bhreac (Minginish) (), a Marilyn on the Minginish peninsula, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language revival, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 2001 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
