machair

/ (ˈmæxər) /

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noun

Scot (in the western Highlands of Scotland) a strip of sandy, grassy, often lime-rich land just above the high-water mark at a sandy shore: used as grazing or arable land

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Word Origin for machair

C17: from Scottish Gaelic

Words nearby machair

Machabees, Machado, Machado de Assiz, Machado y Morales, Machado y Ruiz, machair, Machala, machan, Machaon, Machaut, Mach bands

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