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Cupar

Cùbar


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Fife

Fife

NO377143


English / Map Form: Cupar

Gaelic Form: Cùbar


Location: Fife

Post Town: CUPAR

County: Fife

Local Authority: Fife

English / Map Form: Cupar

Gaelic Form: Cùbar


Genitive Form: Chùbair

Language Notes

Possibly  P *co-ad-bero, 'confluence'.

Sources

“The Gaelic form [for both] is Cùbar the cross of Coupar is Crois Chùbair.”: Watson 1926
Crois Chùpair: Robertson [Market Cross in Cupar]

Cf. also forms for Coupar Angus:

cupar anash: Diack MS2276
Cūpar: Diack MS2276

Additional Information

There are contradictory forms for this name, but Cùbar seems to be the best fit. The above information was not available in 2010 when the ScotRail sign was erected.

See here for more details.

Cupar Fire Station ~ Stèisean-Smàlaidh Chupair

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