English / Map Form: Invergowrie
Gaelic Form: Inbhir Ghobhraidh
Location: Firth of Tay
Post Town: DUNDEE
County: Perthshire
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Invergowrie
Gaelic Form: Inbhir Ghobhraidh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. inbhir, masc. 'confluence' + ?Element Meaning
G inbhir ~ confluence + ?
Sources
| Inuirgoueryn | 1275 Reg. Vetus de Aberbrothock 238 |
| Innergowrie | 1642 Retours (Forfar) no. 268 |
| Innergoria | 1654 Blaeu text p.89 |
| Burn of Invergowrie | 1834-45 Stat. Acc. Sco. volume 11 page 569 |
Inbhirghòbhraidh 1907 Am Feillire, 18
“Gobhraidh, Gowrie, a tributary of Conon, is probably from gobhar, a goat, like Bocaidh; Gowrie of Invergowrie in Perthshire may be the same” Watson 1926, 442
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