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 |