Invergordon

Inbhir Ghòrdain

Meaning

Gordon's River-mouth

Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV18

NH704686

English / Map Form: Invergordon

Gaelic Form: Inbhir Ghòrdain

Location: Easter Ross, Highland

Post Town: INVERGORDON

Postcode area: IV18

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A9

English / Map Form: Invergordon

Gaelic Form: Inbhir Ghòrdain

Language Notes

G nom. sg. inbhir, masc. ‘confluence’ + lenited and slenderised gen. sg. of personal name, Gòrdan, = ‘Gordon’s confluence’

Element Meaning

G inbhir ~ confluence; Gòrdan ~ ‘Gordon’

Sources

Invergordon 1748 Tain and Balnagown Docs no. 176
Invergordon 1820 Thomson
ionarghordain Am Feillire 1875
i:nir go:rtan Diack
An Rudha, Rudha ’nach Breacaidh (’nach = aonach) Dwelly 1912 (from Watson)

Additional Information

‘appears on Pocock’s Tour in 1760. So called by a former proprietor, Sir Alexander Gordon.’: Watson 1904, 70