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Newtonmore

Baile Ùr an t-Slèibh

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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.

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