machair

English

Machair

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic machair.

Noun

machair (countable and uncountable, plural machairs)

1. (geology) A type of calcareous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland.
   • 2023 February 24, “Bones under Highlands kitchen floor are Iron Age burial site”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     Burials had been found north and south of Applecross, preserved in the soils of sandy coastal meadows known as machair.

Anagrams

• Amharic

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

machair m or f (genitive singular macharach or machrach, plural machraichean)

1. (geography) extensive low-lying fertile plain, level country
2. (geography) the southern or low-lying parts of Scotland
3. (geography) extensive beach
4. (geography) low and level part of a farm
5. (geography, in the plural) long ranges of sandy plains fringing the Atlantic side of the Outer Hebrides

Derived terms

• Na Machraichean Mòra