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Balconie

Bailcnidh

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Meaning

?strong place


Location

Highland

NH624652


English / Map Form: Balconie

Gaelic Form: Bailcnidh


Location: Easter Ross, Highland

Post Town: DINGWALL

County: -- Select a county --

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Balconie

Gaelic Form: Bailcnidh


Language Notes

G ?bailc, 'adj. strong' + suffix -nidh

Element Meaning

bailc ~ strong

Sources

Balkeny x2 1479 ER viii 261
Balconee 1479 ER viii 261
Balkny 1550 RMS iv no. 508
Balcony 1565 RMS iv no. 1618
Balcony 1587 RMS v no. 1331
Balcony 1591 RMS iv no. 1975 (footnote)
Balcony 1592 RPS [1592/4/210]

Balcony 1608 RMS v no. 2109
Balcony 1614 RMS vii no. 1115
Balconie 1623 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 183 (supplementa)

Balconie

1624 RMS viii no. 562
Balcony 1631 RMS viii no. 1720
Balknie 1641 RPS [A1641/7/37]
Balkeny 1654 Blaeu Map (Moray)

Balcome (vel Balconie) 1677 Retours (Ross and Cromarty) no. 133
Balconie 1686 RPS [1686/4/74]
Balkny 1730 Wade’s Military Maps of Scotland

Upper Balcony

1791-1799 OSA (Kiltearn), 467
Balconie Point 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
G Bailcnidh based on ‘bailc’ = strong Watson 1904, 87
bailc ’the welkin’ is from belker ’dull rainy sky’ Henderson 1910, 205

Additional Information

Perhaps based on G adj. bailc, ‘strong’ + or G bailc, fem. ‘balk, ridge of earth’ Watson 1904, 87 says this is decisively Bailcnidh, although the local explanation is Baile Còmhnuidh, ‘dwelling place’

Applied to: Balconie Point ~ Rubha Bhailcnidh

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