English / Map Form: Insh
Gaelic Form: An Innis
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: ROYBRIDGE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A9
English / Map Form: Insh
Gaelic Form: An Innis
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. fem. def. art. an + nom. sg. innis fem. 'riverside meadow, island'Element Meaning
G innis ~ riverside meadow, island
Sources
Inche 1636-52 Gordon 38
Innish 1872 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Eadar an Innseach ‘s an Fhearsaid Òran na Comhachaig, ed. Pat Menzies, p. 76 [between Inch and Fersit]
Additional Information
The Gaelic term innis fits the topography well here.
