English / Map Form: Belhelvie
Gaelic Form: Baile Shealbhaich
County: Aberdeenshire
Local Authority: Aberdeenshire
English / Map Form: Belhelvie
Gaelic Form: Baile Shealbhaich
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Selvieland is probably a part translation of fearann Sealbhaigh, ‘Sealbhach’s land,’ like Belhelvie in Aberdeenshire.: Watson 1926, 201
Selbach or Sealbhach, ‘rich in possessions,’ appears in Belhelvie, Aberdeen, ‘Selbach’s stead’: Watson 1926, 239
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