The imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography, compiled from the most recent authorities, and forming a complete body of Scottish geography, physical, statistical, and historical . on, 202. MOLLINDINAR BURN. See Glasgow. MOLLMONT. See Galsion. MON-, a prefix in numerous Celtic names ofplaces in Scotland. It is an abbreviation of monah,which signifies a moor or an upland , in some instances, the particular moor whichit originally designated has been either reclaimed orgreatly modified by modern cultivation; as in theinstance of Monifieth, signifying the moor
The imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography, compiled from the most recent authorities, and forming a complete body of Scottish geography, physical, statistical, and historical . on, 202. MOLLINDINAR BURN. See Glasgow. MOLLMONT. See Galsion. MON-, a prefix in numerous Celtic names ofplaces in Scotland. It is an abbreviation of monah,which signifies a moor or an upland , in some instances, the particular moor whichit originally designated has been either reclaimed orgreatly modified by modern cultivation; as in theinstance of Monifieth, signifying the moor of thestag,—and in the instance of Monikie, signifying the moor of mist. The proper form of the prefix,in some names, though originally written Mon, hasbeen changed by usage into Min or Minni or Men;as in the case of Minnigaff, originally written Monygoff, and signifying the black moor,—and in thecase of Menmuir, originally written Monmore, andsignifying the great moor. MONADHLEADH MOUNTAINS, a range oflofty and rugged heights, extending from south-west to north-east, in a line parallel to the Glen-more-nan-Albin, and occupying the central districtsof the southern division of Inverness-shire. Tbey. //
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