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Kingsburgh

Cinnseaborgh


Meaning

fort of the bow


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG392554


English / Map Form: Kingsburgh

Gaelic Form: Cinnseaborgh


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: PORTREE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Kingsburgh

Gaelic Form: Cinnseaborgh


Language Notes

Possibly ON kinnungs-borg: ON gen. sg. of kinnungr, masc. ‘bow (of a ship)’ + ON nom. sg. borg, fem. ‘fort’ = ‘fort of the bow’.

Element Meaning

possibly ON kinnungr ~ bow (of a ship); ON borg ~ fort

Sources

Keysbourg, Kysburg 1644 Pont text 141r
Kysburg 1654 1654 Blaeu map (Skye)
Kings-borough 1776 Mackenzie: North part
Kingsborough 1804 Heather
Kingsburgh 1820 Thomson
Cinnse-burg Dwelly 1912
C(h)innseaborg Mackenzie, 96
Cinnseburg, Cinsburg toll town (cis tax) Forbes, 228
Cinnsiburag Robertson
[‘kʲʰiʃ:əˌbʌrə] local source, Sgianaidean
[‘kʲʰiʃ:əˌbʌrə] local source, Sòdhaigh
Cinnseaborgh [‘kʲʰĩ:ʃəˌbɔr̀ɔɣ] Cox, local source

Additional Information

Forbes believed that ‘King’ was a later interpretation, and the Pont forms support this. We are grateful to Dr. Richard Cox for the suggestion of ON kinnungr.

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