Avoch

Abhach

Meaning

place of the rivers

Settlement

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH701551

English / Map Form: Avoch

Gaelic Form: Abhach

Location: Easter Ross, Highland

Post Town: AVOCH

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Avoch

Gaelic Form: Abhach

Genitive Form: Abhaich

Language Notes

Obscure, probably EG ab(h) (now abhainn), `river’ + locative suffix -ach, `place of’ = `place of rivers’

Element Meaning

G abhach ~ place of rivers

Sources

Alvach 1493 Acta. Dom. Conc., 302
Mill of Awache 1567 RSS vi no. 47
Aach c. 1620 Pont text 126v
terris de Avach, Alvach 1669 Retours (Ross) no. 124
Avoch 1820 Thomson
Obh’ch (for Abhach which change of a to o) Watson 1904, 132
Obhach (for Abhach)* Dwelly 1912