English / Map Form: Lochgelly
Gaelic Form: Loch Geallaidh
Post Town: Lochgelly ~ Loch Geallaidh
Local Authority: Fife
English / Map Form: Lochgelly
Gaelic Form: Loch Geallaidh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
See Taylor and Márkus, Place-names of Fife, i, 1110 for early forms.
Watson 1926, 440 suggests this name has the same derivation of names such as Invergeldie and Abergeldie.
He gives the Gaelic specific as Geallaidhor Geollaidh.
Additional Information
Lochgelly Fire Station ~ Stèisean-Smàlaidh Loch Geallaidh
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