English / Map Form: Kinloch
Gaelic Form: Ceannloch
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A851
English / Map Form: Kinloch
Gaelic Form: Ceannloch
Genitive Form: Cheannloch
Language Notes
G nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ = ‘end of the loch’Element Meaning
G ceann ~ head, end; loch ~ loch
Sources
| Kinloch, Abhainn Ceann-locha | 1881 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Ceann Loch | Dwelly 1912 |
| Kinloch | Forbes, 381 |
| Ceanna Loch | local source, Sgianaidean |
Additional Information
This is on a river known as Abhainn Ceann-locha. However Ceannloch was chosen as it is derived from a local source.
Language notes