English / Map Form: Gairloch
Gaelic Form: Geàrrloch
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: GAIRLOCH
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Gairloch
Gaelic Form: Geàrrloch
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. preposed adj. geàrr, ‘short' + nom. sg. loch, ‘loch’Element Meaning
G geàrr ~ short; loch ~ loch
Sources
| Garloch | 1566 Retours (Ross) no. 3 |
| Garloch | 1569 Retours (Ross) no. 4 |
| Gair Loch | 1747-55 Roy |
| Gerloch | 1820 Thomson |
| Gearrloch | Dixon 1886, xxxiii |
| an Gearr-loch | Watson 1904, 220 |
| Geàrrloch | Wentworth |
| Geàrrloch | Hulme 2007 |