In Scottish dialect, a rocky ridge, crag, or elevated rocky place, often used in place names to describe geography.
From Scottish Gaelic 'carr' or 'carraig' meaning 'rock' or 'rocky place'. This word is preserved primarily in Scottish place names and dialect, reflecting the Gaelic linguistic heritage of Scotland.
If you're hiking in Scotland and see 'Cair' in a place name, you're literally looking at a landscape name given by Gaelic speakers over a thousand years ago—the rocks are remembering that history!
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