Placename
Gaelic name: Allt Caoin
Name in Original Source: Allt Caoin
English meaning: Gentle [?] Stream
Placename feature: Stream
Notes: On the 1905 edition of this map, the name for this feature is given as Allt Loch a' Choire Bhuidhe (q.v.), a stream which eventually flows into Abhainn a' Chràicich (q.v.) In Wentworth's Gaelic words and phrases from Wester Ross, the word caoin is defined as meaning 'inside', as in caoin air ascaoin (ínside-out'); while caoineachdainn is meanwhile defined as meaning both 'curing' or 'drying', and caoinich as a verb meaning 'to dry'.<br /><br /><br /><br />It should be noted that the Ordnance Survey name book gives this name as meaning: Mild stream.
W. J. Watson's notes:
Map name appears in: OS Sheet 1880 XCI
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.533912,-5.748102
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