[Loch-soilleir] Re: Loch Soilleir history Q
phillip
phillipmj at sbcglobal.net
Tue Mar 30 12:32:33 PST 2004
:
>It is French for sun or sunny lake. If I remember right Bors and Aidan
>both worked on the name. Some of the versions they submitted of clear lake
>were already taken. Loch Soilleir was the version that passed the College
>of Heralds.
>
>Lady Catherine of Cawdor
>_______________________________________________
i'm still sure it's gaelic.
the french word for lake is lac, sunny is ensoleille. the word for sun is
soleil.
it's close, but not quite soilleir.
there's a gaelic-english dictionary online at
http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/index.html
where i verified the galelic words for clear and lake.
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