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Linicro

Lianacro

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Inverness-shire

Highland

NG387676


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.

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