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Knoydart

Cnòideart

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Meaning

knoll fjord


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG80


English / Map Form: Knoydart

Gaelic Form: Cnòideart


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: MALLAIG

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Knoydart

Gaelic Form: Cnòideart


Genitive Form: Chnòideirt

Language Notes

Perhaps ON knút-fjörd, knút, `knoll' + fjörd, `fjord' = `knoll fjord'

Element Meaning

ON knút ~ knoll; fjörd fjord

Sources

Knodeworte 1371 RMS i no. 412
Knoideor 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 156
Kneadort 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 174
Knoydarmoydart 1695 Retours (Argyle) no. 93
Knodeort 1654 Blaeu Map (Breadalbane)

Additional Information

See Cox 2007, 83 for a discussion of this name.

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