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 hydronymElement 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