English / Map Form: Lochaber
Gaelic Form: Loch Abar
Location: Lochaber, Highland
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A82
English / Map Form: Lochaber
Gaelic Form: Loch Abar
Language Notes
OG/P nom sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ + aber, ‘confluence’Element Meaning
Possibly loch ~ loch; aber ~ confluence
Sources
| Stagnum Aporum | Vita Columbiae |
| Lochabre | 1373 RMS i no. 520 |
| Lochabyr | c. 1620 Pont text 85v |
| Loquhaber | 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 156 |
| Lochabair | Dieckhoff, 183 |
| Loch-abar | Watson 1926, 458 |
| Loch Abar | Mac an Tàilleir |
| Loch Abar | previous signage |
Additional Information
This is an established name.
North Lochaber ~ Loch Abar a Tuath
West Lochaber ~ Loch Abar an Iar