- Sròn
Sròn is the Scottish Gaelic word for
nose and is the name of some hills in theScottish Highlands . Before the abolition of theacute accent in Scottish Gaelic, it was sometimes spelt as "srón"The name Sròn is often applied to the pointy
hill orpromontory that forms the edge of a mountain massive and that is indeed a bit "nose"-shaped.As such, the Sròns are often not the highest hilltops; in fact only one of the 284
Munro s is called Sròn:Sròn a' Choire Ghairbh ("the nose of the rough corrie"), located west ofLoch Lochy .Sròn also appears in names of towns (often anglicized as "Stron"), such as
Strontian ("Sròn an t-Sìtheinn"), the "nose of the fairies" ("Sìth"), andStranraer , ("An t-Sròn Reamhar") the "fat nose".
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