English
Kintyre
Kintyre comes from Scottish Gaelic Cinn Tìre.
- Scottish GaelicmodernCinn Tìreliterally ‘headland’
- EnglishtodayKintyre
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Scottish GaelicmodernCinn Tìreliterally ‘headland’
- EnglishtodayKintyre
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Cinn Tìre
Today it means
name A peninsula in the south-west of Argyll and Bute council area, western Scotland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Cinn Tìre / Kintyre