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.