Ayre (ƙasa)

Wani ayre shine sunan da aka yi amfani da shi don rairayin bakin teku da aka samu a Orkney, Shetland, Isle of Man, Lancashire, Cumbria da Northumbria .  Kalmar ta samo asali ne daga Tsohon Norse eyrr, ma'ana rairayin bakin teku ko wuri mai laushi,  kuma ana iya amfani da shi ga rairayin rairayin kan teku na yau da kullun, rairayin ga bakin teku irin su Lang Ayre  a Northmavine, Shetland, spits, sanduna ko tombolos, amma kawai idan an kafa shi da shingle. 

Fiye da 130 irin waɗannan rairayin bakin teku suna kan taswirar Ordnance Survey na Shetland, amma kaɗan a Orkney, inda yawancin rairayin kan teku suka samo asali ne daga yashi. Kalmar a cikin tsohuwar Norse ta zama ruwan dare a Iceland, kuma tana faruwa a wasu sunayen wurare a arewa da yammacin ƙasar Scotland wanda ke da tasirin Norse mai ƙarfi, kamar Eriboll ("gida a kan rairayin bakin teku") da kuma sunayen bankunan shingle da yawa - Salt Ayre, Green Ayre, Stake Ayre, Rabbit Ayre da Whinny Ayre - a cikin hawan Kogin Lune a Lancaster.

Churchill Barrier lamba 4 a Orkney ya yi amfani da wani shingle spit, Ayre na Cara a Kudancin Ronaldsay, a matsayin kudancinsa. Har yanzu ana kiran wannan ayre a kan taswira, duk da cewa duk sun ɓace a ƙarƙashin hanyar da yashi da suka tara a gefen gabas. 

Kalmar "ayre" wani lokacin ana amfani da ita ba daidai ba ga tombolos na yashi (misali St. Ninian's tombolo a Shetland) da kuma tabkuna da lagoons da aka rufe da sanduna na bay-head, waɗanda ake kira   a Orkney da  a Shetland.

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