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Kinloch

Ceannloch

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Meaning

end of the loch


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG695176


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.
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