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Lochgilphead

Ceann Loch Gilb

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Meaning

end of Loch Gilb (the chisel loch)


Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

PA31

NR862881


English / Map Form: Lochgilphead

Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch Gilb


Location: Mid-Argyll

Post Town: LOCHGILPHEAD

Postcode area: PA31

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

Nearest Main Roads: A83

English / Map Form: Lochgilphead

Gaelic Form: Ceann Loch Gilb


Genitive Form: Cheann Loch Gilb

Language Notes

G nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + gen. sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ + gen. sg. gilb loch-name = ‘the end of Loch Gilb’

Element Meaning

G ceann ~ ‘head, end’ ; loch ~ ‘loch’ ; gilb ~ loch-name = ‘the chisel loch = ‘the end of Loch Gilb’

 

 

Sources

kenlouchgilp 1268 Registrum de Passalet, 134
Ceann Loch Gilp Dwelly 1912
Ceann Loch Gilb RM
ceann loch ghileb Nuadh Orain Ghailach

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