English / Map Form: Drumbuie
Gaelic Form: An Druim Buidhe
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: PLOCKTON
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Drumbuie
Gaelic Form: An Druim Buidhe
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. druim masc. ‘ridge’ + nom. sg. masc. adj. buidhe, ‘yellow’ = ‘the yellow ridge’Element Meaning
G druim ~ ridge; buidhe ~ yellow
Sources
“Yellow Ridge.” MacLean, 61
“Druimbuidhe nan deargad” Robertson [place-name rhyme]
