English / Map Form: Munlochy
Gaelic Form: Poll Lochaidh
Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross
Post Town: MUNLOCHY
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Munlochy
Gaelic Form: Poll Lochaidh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. poll, masc. 'pool’ + en? Lochaidh, a hydronym meaning 'dark one’Element Meaning
G poll ~ pool; Lochaidh river-name
Sources
Munlochy | c. 1620 Pont text 126v |
Minlochiam (Latinised) | Geog. Coll. ii, 425 |
Minlochy | 1654 Blaeu Map (Moray) |
Munlochy | 1820 Thomson |
“G Poll-lochaidh” | Watson 1904, 141 |
mun-L6:Xi, Bun lo:Xi, | Diack Ms2276 |
Pollochaidh | Robertson |
pˈʊɫɔχi | Dorian |