Cairngorm — may refer to:* Cairngorm Mountain Railway * Cairngorms National Park, national park in Scotland * Cairngorms, mountain range in the Scottish Highlands * Cairn Gorm, mountain in the Scottish Highlands * Smoky quartz, aka Cairngormstone * Cairngorm … Wikipedia
cairngorm — cairngorm, Cairngormstone Cairn*gorm stone [Gael. carn a cairn + gorm azure.] (Min.) A smoky yellow or brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found especially, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland. Syn: smoky quartz. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cairngorm — [kern′gôrm΄] n. [after Cairngorm mountain and range in NE Scotland, where orig. found < Gael carngorm < CAIRN + gorm, blue, azure] a yellow or brown variety of quartz, used as a gem … English World dictionary
Cairngorm — (Cairn gorum, d.i. Blauer Berg), Berg in Schottland, an der Grenze der Grafschaften Banff u. Inverneß, zur Gampianskette gehörig, 4080 Fuß; Gipfel fast stets mit Schnee bedeckt; an seinem Fuße entspringen die Flüsse Avon u. Dee … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Cairngorm — (spr. kährn ), Gruppe des schott. Grampiangebirges, im Ben Macdui 1309 m hoch … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Cairngorm — p1p5 Cairngorm Standseilbahn Cairngorm Höchster Gipfel Ben Macdhui ( … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cairngorm — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cairngorm peut désigner : le Cairn Gorm, un sommet du Royaume Uni situé en Écosse ; les Cairngorms, un chaîne de montagnes du Royaume Uni situé… … Wikipédia en Français
cairngorm — /kairn gawrm /, n. See smoky quartz. Also called Cairngorm stone. [1785 95; short for Cairngorm stone, i.e., stone from Scottish mountain so named] * * * … Universalium
cairngorm — noun Etymology: Cairngorm, mountain in Scotland Date: 1794 a yellow or smoky brown crystalline quartz … New Collegiate Dictionary
cairngorm — [ kɛ:ngɔ:m] noun another term for smoky quartz. Origin C18: named after the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland … English new terms dictionary