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Galltair

Galltair

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Meaning

?foreigners' land


Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG816202


English / Map Form: Galltair

Gaelic Form: Galltair


Location: Lochalsh, Highland

Post Town: KYLE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Galltair

Gaelic Form: Galltair


Language Notes

Obscure, perhaps a combination of G gall, masc. 'foreigner' + tìr, fem. 'land'

Element Meaning

possibly gall ~ foreigner; tìr ~ land

Sources

Angalltair, Allt Mòr Ghalltair 1876 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Angalltair 1912 Bartholomew Atlas
Galltair 1903 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
[‘gaLt̪əðʲ] (no article) local source, Àrnasdal

Additional Information

Although this name is obscure, the presence of the article in the 1876 OS version suggests its meaning was known not so long ago.

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