English / Map Form: Fife
Gaelic Form: Fìobha
Location: East Central Scotland
Post Town: KIRKCALDY
County: Fife
Local Authority: Fife
English / Map Form: Fife
Gaelic Form: Fìobha
Language Notes
Element Meaning
P/G Fib ~ one of the divisions or sub-kingdoms of Pictland
Sources
Fìobh (Fìu) (in Perthshire): Robertson
The place-name Fìobh, Fife, which in Rannoch is Fìou and Fiv, is in East Perth Fiu.: Robertson, Scottish Gaelic Dialect
fi:u: Diack Ms2276 [Aberfoyle informant]
fiv, very much v Kingdom of Fife = ruiachk Fiv: Diack Ms2276
Fìobh: Watson, Rosg Gàidhlig, 268
