Bellochantuy
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Bellochantuy (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a small coastal hamlet located on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, on the Kintyre Peninsula, around Template:Convert north of Campbeltown.
Argyll Hotel Bellochantuy became the first mainland building in Britain damaged by enemy action when strafed by a German aircraft.
EtymologyEdit
The origin of the place name Bellochantuy is Bealach an t-Suidhe, Scottish Gaelic for "the pass of the seat".<ref>Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Placenames Template:Webarchive. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 23 March 2007.</ref> Local folk etymology alleges the meaning of "fairy grove".Template:Citation needed
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