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Girvan

Inbhir Gharbhain


Meaning

confluence of the Girvan


Location

Ayrshire

South Ayrshire

NX185974


English / Map Form: Girvan

Gaelic Form: Inbhir Gharbhain


Location: South Ayrshire

Post Town: GIRVAN

County: Ayrshire

Local Authority: South Ayrshire

English / Map Form: Girvan

Gaelic Form: Inbhir Gharbhain


Element Meaning

G inbhir ~ confluence; Garbhain ~ river name

Sources

Innirgarvan’1253 RRS, 19 [Lennox Chrs. 12]
Girven 1275
Geruan 1329 RRS v no. 363
Invergarvane 1404 [From Chalmers’ Caledonia 539]

Additional Information

Discussed by Breeze (1999, 48–9), where he suggests British ‘rough one, harsh one’, originally applied to the Water of Girvan, related to Welsh garw ‘rough’. [Taylor] Inbhir Gharbhain could be proposed, but the forms are ancient and have no currency nowadays. Moreover the form without inbhir seems to have been in use alongside the form with inbhir.

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