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Duror

Dùrar

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Meaning

hard water


Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Argyll & Bute

PA38

NM985554


English / Map Form: Duror

Gaelic Form: Dùrar


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: APPIN

Postcode area: PA38

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

Nearest Main Roads: A828

English / Map Form: Duror

Gaelic Form: Dùrar


Language Notes

Perhaps OG adj. dùr, ‘hard’ + lenited nom. sg. dobhar, masc. ‘water’ = ‘hard water’.

Element Meaning

G dùr ~ hard; dobhar ~ water

Sources

Durroure 1501 RMS ii no. 2565
Durrour c. 1620 Pont text 85v
Abhainn Duror = Avon Durgur c. 1620 Pont text 85v
Durror c. 1590 Pont map 13
Durgoure 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 157
Durrour 1654 Blaeu Map (Breadalbane)
Dùror na h-Apunn Watson 1926, 124
Dùrar AK

Additional Information

This is an established name.

Cf. Abhainn Dhùbhrair Robertson for genitive form.

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