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Fox Point

Rubha a' Mhadaidh-Ruaidh

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Meaning

the point of the fox


Coastal

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

IV26

NB982102


English / Map Form: Fox Point

Gaelic Form: Rubha a' Mhadaidh-Ruaidh


Location: Wester Ross, Highland

Post Town: ULLAPOOL

Postcode area: IV26

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Fox Point

Gaelic Form: Rubha a' Mhadaidh-Ruaidh


Language Notes

G nom. sg. rubha, masc. ‘point of land’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a' + gen. sg. madadh-ruadh, masc. ‘fox’

Element Meaning

rubha ~ point of land; madadh-ruadh ~ fox

Sources

Ru Vaterui 1820 Thomson
Fox Point 1857 Admiralty Chart 2501
Rudh’ a’ Madaidh-ruaidh 1881 OS 6 inch 1st edn.

Rudha mhadaidh ruaidh (roo vatter roo-ie) Dixon, 1886, xxxviii

Additional Information

The OS form is Rubh’ a’ Mhadaidh-ruaidh.

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