Newtonmore
Baile Ùr an t-Slèibh
Meaning
new town of the moor
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NN715995
English / Map Form: Newtonmore
Gaelic Form: Baile Ùr an t-Slèibh
Location: Badenoch & Strathspey, Highland
Post Town: NEWTONMORE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A86
English / Map Form: Newtonmore
Gaelic Form: Baile Ùr an t-Slèibh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. baile, masc. ‘town’ + nom. sg. adj ùr, masc. `new' + gen. sg. masc. def. art. an (with t- before sibilants) + gen. sg. of sliabh, `moor'.Element Meaning
G baile ~ town; ùr ~ new; sliabh ~ moor
Sources
| Newtonmore | 1872 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Bail’ ùr an t-slèibh* | Dwelly 1912 |
| Baile ùr an t-sléibhe | ‘Baideanach’ Ruaraidh Baran, Transactions, 1947, 119 |
Additional Information
Simon Taylor JSNS1, 124-125: “…this form may be a translation of the Scottish Standard English form (in which more = muir or moor). It was known locally in Gaelic simply as An Sliabh, or as Sliabh na Sròine.”
The term above appears to be the most common. The Gaelic form mirrors the more explicit English name, as in the case of Kyle of Lochalsh above.