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
