Munlochy

Poll Lochaidh

Meaning

?pool of the dark one

Settlement

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

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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