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Mull (geographical term)

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Gammeltoft, Peder "Scandinavian Naming-Systems in the Hebrides—A Way of Understanding how the Scandinavians were in Contact with Gaels and Picts?" in Ballin Smith
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describes something that is bare, that is dull, or that is bald. In south-western Scotland, the usage of
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is inserted after the first letter, if the first letter is a consonant, but not the letters
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also is a Gaelic usage that refers to the forehead and to a shaved head; as an adjective,
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West Over Sea: Studies in Scandinavian Sea-Borne Expansion and Settlement Before 1300
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either silences the preceding consonant or changes the sound of the consonant, e.g.
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is inserted after it, those two changes alter the sounding of the Gaelic
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Ballin Smith, Beverley; Taylor, Simon; Williams, Gareth (eds) (2007)
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either are silent or are sounded as an English letter
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The added letter 656:Scottish toponyms 598: 597: 541: 540: 484: 483: 427: 426: 370:978-90-04-15893-1 286:Mull of Sinniness 246:Rhins of Galloway 154:is Anglicized to 688: 666:Topography stubs 619: 612: 605: 577: 570: 562: 555: 548: 520: 513: 505: 498: 491: 463: 456: 448: 441: 434: 406: 399: 391: 389: 387: 381: 349: 342: 336: 333: 224:, a headland on 212:Mull of Galloway 169:are variants of 19:In the field of 696: 695: 691: 690: 689: 687: 686: 685: 641:Celtic toponyms 626: 625: 624: 623: 567: 566: 510: 509: 453: 452: 395: 385: 383: 379: 374: 357: 352: 343: 339: 334: 330: 326: 262:, a hilltop in 260:Mull of Miljoan 255:Orkney Mainland 206:Mull of Kintyre 130:as the English 17: 12: 11: 5: 694: 692: 684: 683: 678: 676:Scotland stubs 673: 668: 663: 661:Irish toponyms 658: 653: 648: 643: 638: 628: 627: 622: 621: 614: 607: 599: 596: 595: 578: 565: 564: 557: 550: 542: 539: 538: 521: 508: 507: 500: 493: 485: 482: 481: 464: 451: 450: 443: 436: 428: 425: 424: 407: 393: 392: 372: 356: 353: 351: 350: 337: 327: 325: 322: 315: 314: 313:, Isle of Man. 308: 296: 283: 270: 268:South Ayrshire 257: 248: 238: 228: 214: 208: 195:An Mullach Mór 189:is common to: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 693: 682: 679: 677: 674: 672: 669: 667: 664: 662: 659: 657: 654: 652: 649: 647: 644: 642: 639: 637: 634: 633: 631: 620: 615: 613: 608: 606: 601: 600: 594: 592: 588: 585:article is a 584: 583:Irish history 579: 576: 572: 563: 558: 556: 551: 549: 544: 543: 537: 535: 531: 527: 522: 519: 515: 506: 501: 499: 494: 492: 487: 486: 480: 478: 474: 470: 465: 462: 458: 449: 444: 442: 437: 435: 430: 429: 423: 421: 417: 413: 408: 405: 401: 396: 378: 373: 371: 367: 363: 359: 358: 354: 348:(2007) p. 487 347: 341: 338: 332: 329: 323: 321: 319: 312: 309: 307:, in Ireland. 306: 305:County Galway 302: 301: 297: 295: 291: 287: 284: 282: 278: 277:Kirkcudbright 274: 271: 269: 265: 261: 258: 256: 252: 249: 247: 243: 242:Mull of Logan 239: 237: 233: 229: 227: 223: 219: 215: 213: 209: 207: 203: 202: 201: 198: 196: 192: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 164: 159: 157: 153: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 108:genitive case 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 64: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 29:Anglicization 26: 22: 591:expanding it 580: 534:expanding it 523: 477:expanding it 466: 420:expanding it 409: 394: 384:. Retrieved 377:"Placenames" 361: 345: 340: 331: 316: 300:Creachmhaoil 298: 285: 273:Mull of Ross 272: 259: 250: 241: 232:Mull of Cara 231: 199: 194: 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 166: 162: 160: 155: 152:Creachmhaoil 151: 147: 143: 140:Creachmhaoil 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 67: 65: 57:promontories 48: 44: 40: 36: 24: 18: 236:Cara Island 191:Mullaghmore 23:, the term 630:Categories 469:vocabulary 412:topography 355:References 294:Auchenmalg 218:Mull of Oa 156:Craughwell 21:topography 311:Mull Hill 251:Mull Head 106:. 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Index

topography
Anglicization
Gaelic
headlands
promontories
peninsula
lenited
genitive case
Mullaghmore
Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Galloway
Mull of Oa
The Oa
Islay
Cara Island
Rhins of Galloway
Orkney Mainland
Carrick
South Ayrshire
Kirkcudbright
Dumfries and Galloway
Luce Bay
Auchenmalg
Creachmhaoil
County Galway
Mull Hill
Mull
ISBN
978-90-04-15893-1
"Placenames"

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