English / Map Form: Lochmaddy
Gaelic Form: Loch nam Madadh
Location: North Uist, Western Isles
Post Town: ISLE OF NORTH UIST
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Western Isles
English / Map Form: Lochmaddy
Gaelic Form: Loch nam Madadh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G loch ~ loch; madadh ~ wolf, hound = the rocks in the bay known as na Madaidhean, ‘the wolves’
Sources
L. nam Madadh: Dieckhoff
Loch nam Madadh is on current OS maps and is established.