Eilean Fraoch

Eilean Fraoch

Eilean Fraoch or Fraoch Eilean, literally meaning "heather island" in Scottish Gaelic is a common Scottish island name.

Eilean Fraoch

* Eilean Fraoch, Loch Avich
* Eilean Fraoich, Burnt Islands
* Eilean Fraoch, in Fionn Loch in Wester Ross

Fraoch Eilean

* Fraoch Eilean, Loch Awe
* Fraoch Eilean, Loch Lomond near Luss
* Fraoch Eilean, Jura, or Am Fraoch Eilean off Jura, the location of Claig Castle
* The name of two islets off Luing [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81/scotgaz/features/featurefirst16791.html]
* The battle cry of the Clan Donald

Eilean Fraoch is also:
* A nickname for the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides

and has:
* The same meaning in English as Linga or Lingay, island names of Norse derivation.


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