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Kinlochewe

Ceann Loch Iù

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Meaning

head of loch Iù


Settlement

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH025619


English / Map Form: Kinlochewe

Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch Iù


Location: Wester Ross, Highland

Post Town: ACHNASHEEN

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Kinlochewe

Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch Iù


Genitive Form: Cheann Loch Iù

Language Notes

G nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ = ‘end of the loch’ + en? Iu, a hydronym

Element Meaning

G ceann ~ head, end; loch ~ loch; Iu river-name

Sources

Kenlochew 1747-55 Roy
Ceann loch iu (kayoun loch ew) Dixon 1886, xxx
Ceann Loch Iù Wentworth
Ceann Loch Iù Hulme 2007

Additional Information

Also applied to: Heights of Kinlochewe ~ Bràighe Cheann Loch Iù (NH074642).

Bruichae 1820 Thomson

Bràighe Cheann Loch Iù Wentworth

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