machair
/ (ˈmæxər) /
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
Words nearby machair
machabees, machado, machado de assiz, machado y morales, machado y ruiz, machair, machala, machan, machaon, machaut, mache
Word Origin for machair
C17: from Scottish Gaelic
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