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bealach

bealach noun: a mountain pass.

Noun

bealach (plural bealachs)

  1. (Ireland) A mountain pass.
    • These scoured-out basins form the grain of the land but excellent tracks weave their way through glens and up over the bealachs at their heads, giving good access to the summits, and what summits they are.2018, Cameron McNeish, There's Always The Hills

Forms of bealach

pluralbealachs

Origin of bealach

From Irish bealach.

Questions about bealach

What does bealach mean?
Bealach means a mountain pass.
What part of speech is bealach?
Bealach is a noun.
What is the plural of bealach?
The plural of bealach is bealachs.

Words near bealach in the dictionary

  1. beaksful
  2. beaky
  3. beal
  4. Beal conjecture
  5. Beal's conjecture
  6. bealach
  7. bealachs
  8. Beale
  9. Beale Air Force Base
  10. bealed
  11. Bealer

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