English / Map Form: Invernahavon
Gaelic Form: Inbhir na h-Abhann
Post Town: NEWTONMORE
Postcode area: PH20
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Invernahavon
Gaelic Form: Inbhir na h-Abhann
Genitive Form: Inbhir na h-Abhann
Sources
Innernahavin c. 1591 Pont text 145r
Ionmhair na h-Amhuinn 1890 Amhainn Spe TGSI xvii pp. 9-17
Inbhir-na-Amhuinn, the confluence of the Truim with the Spey: Glimpses of Church and Social Life in the Highlands in Olden Times by Alexander MacPherson 1893, p. 314
Inbher na-h-abhainn Loyal Lochaber, p. 19
I. nahaun Diack Ms2276
Inbhir-na-haun: Place-name Survey material A20
“Invernavine (1603), means the confluence of the river, that is, of the Truim with Spey.” MacBain 276
Additional Information
The early forms and modern forms in Gaelic orthography suggest Abhainn as the genitive form but Diack and the Survey forms suggest Abhann. Abhann is the expected genitive form of abhainn in this area.