English / Map Form: Linicro
Gaelic Form: Lianacro
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Linicro
Gaelic Form: Lianacro
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Linicro | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Linicro, Lyanacroe, meadow of the fold, lian a chro | Forbes, 238 |
| Lìonacro | Sorley Maclean, Cumha Chaluim Iain MhicGill-Eain |
| [‘lɪ:nəˌkʰrɔ] | Local source, Sòdhaigh |
Additional Information
This name could be etymologised into Lian a’ Chro or some such variant, but the name is now obscure and not generally understood as this.