Mull (Noun)
Meaning 1
An island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Meaning 2
A term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The picturesque town of Tobermory lies at the southern end of the Mull of Argyll's Inner Hebrides.
- Duart Castle has dominated the rugged Mull of Kerrera, off Scotland's west coast, for 600 years.
- The Mull of Kintyre was immortalized in Paul McCartney's song of the same name.
- From the tranquil shores of the Firth of Forth to the rocky Mull of Northumbria's dramatic coast, there is beauty around every bend.
- Luing Island guards the eastern side of the beautiful Cuan Sound from the Argyll's northern Mull.