• English
  • Gàidhlig
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • My Account
  • Checkout
  • Cart
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA)

  • Home
  • Database
    • Searchable Map
    • AZ List
  • OS Map
  • Resources
    • Academic Papers
    • Place-name Lists
    • Reading List
    • Links
    • Gaelic Place-Name Policy
  • Support
    • AÀA Supporter
  • Shop
    • Services
    • Corporate Memberships
    • Publications
  • News
  • Contact Us
previous postnext post
  • Info
  • Location
  • Research Notes

Morar

Mòrar

Your browser does not support the audio element.

Meaning

?large water


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NM678928


English / Map Form: Morar

Gaelic Form: Mòrar


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: MALLAIG

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A830

English / Map Form: Morar

Gaelic Form: Mòrar


Language Notes

Possibly mòr, 'large' + dobhar 'water' = 'large water'

Element Meaning

possibly mòr ~ large; dobhar ~ water

Sources

?Mordhowor 1343 Robertson’s Index, 100
Moreovyr 1371 RMS i no. 412
Morowore 1373 RMS i no. 520
Morowre 1538 RSS ii no. 2498
Murrours c. 1620 Pont text 85v
Moror 1695 Retours (Argyle) no. 93
Mòrthir Poems of Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair, 1924, 152
Mórar Watson 1926, 124
Morar Diack, Place-names of Pictland, i, 142
Morair Dieckhoff 1932 [phonetic spelling however suggests Mòrair]
Mòrar Robertson MS363, 90

Additional Information

The earliest form may well not be correct, surviving only in Robertson’s Index. If it is bona fide however, the above derivation seems likely.

Primary Sidebar

Database


Match phrase Match words




OS Map

Welcome to the Ordnance Survey (OS) open source digital map. This is a tool you can use to study ... Continue Reading about OS Map

Our Products

  • The Journal of Scottish Name Studies: Volume 3 £0.00
  • The Journal of Scottish Name Studies: Volume 2 £0.00

News

Dingwall ~ Inbhir Pheofharain

Footer

Gaelic Place-names of Scotland

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sleat
Isle of Skye
IV44 8RQ

+44 (0) 1471 888 120
fios@ainmean-aite.scot

Useful links

  • About Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
  • How to use the search
  • Commercial Information & Rates
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Database
    • Searchable Map
    • AZ List
  • OS Map
  • Resources
    • Academic Papers
    • Place-name Lists
    • Reading List
    • Links
    • Gaelic Place-Name Policy
  • Support
    • AÀA Supporter
  • Shop
    • Services
    • Corporate Memberships
    • Publications
  • News
  • Contact Us

Site Search

Follow Us

  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2021 Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. All rights reserved. Website by Lumberjack Digital