Invergordon
Inbhir Ghòrdain
Meaning
Gordon's River-mouth
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
