Eilean Fraoch

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Eilean Fraoch or Fraoch Eilean, literally meaning "heather island" in Scottish Gaelic is a common Scottish island name.

[edit] Eilean Fraoch

• Eilean Fraoch, Loch Avich
• Eilean Fraoich, Burnt Islands
• Eilean Fraoch, in Fionn Loch in Wester Ross

[edit] Fraoch Eilean

• Fraoch Eilean, Loch Awe
• Fraoch Eilean, Loch Lomond near Luss
• Fraoch Eilean, Jura, or Am Fraoch Eilean off Jura, the location of Claig Castle
• The name of two islets off Luing [1]
• The battle cry of the Clan Donald

Eilean Fraoch is also:

• A nickname for the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides

and has:

• The same meaning in English as Linga or Lingay, island names of Norse derivation.