Cairngorm Mountains

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a range in central Scotland, in the Grampian Mountains. Highest peak, Ben Macdhui, 4,296 feet (1,309 meters).

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Cairngorm Mountains British  

plural noun

1. Also called: the Cairngorms.  a mountain range of NE Scotland: part of the Grampians. Highest peak: Ben Macdui, 1309 m (4296 ft); designated a national park in 2003

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Example Sentences

It is tucked away at the end of a tree-lined driveway 13 miles from Aviemore, amongst the forests to the north-east of Nethy Bridge with uninterrupted views of the Cairngorm mountains.

From BBC

A new project has been set up to help uncover ancient hunter-gatherer sites high in the Cairngorm mountains.

From BBC

During a thunderstorm in the Cairngorm Mountains, Borges abruptly exits the car, wanders away like Lear and falls down a slope, injuring his head badly enough to spend the night in a nearby cottage hospital.

From New York Times

She was 3000 feet above sea level, but between the Tay and the Dee, the Cairngorm Mountains rise higher than that.

From Literature

The Speyside Way runs about 65 miles from Buckie, on the northeast coast, to Aviemore, near the Cairngorm mountains.

From Seattle Times