English / Map Form: Novar
Gaelic Form: Taigh an Fhuamhair
Location: Easter Ross, Highland
Post Town: DINGWALL
Postcode area: IV16
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Novar
Gaelic Form: Taigh an Fhuamhair
Language Notes
G nom. sg. taigh, masc. ‘house’ + gen. masc. sg. def. art an (leniting and slenderising) +gen. sg. of masc. fuamhair, ‘giant’ = ‘The giant’s house’Element Meaning
G taigh ~ house; fuamhair ~ giant
Sources
| Novar | c. 1649 Tain and Balnagown Docs no. 566 |
| Tenuer | 1654 Blaeu Map (Moray) |
| Tenuvar | 1674-1677 Tain and Balnagown Docs no. 788 |
| Hector Monro of Novarr | 1698 RPS [1698/7/41] |
| Novar | 1725 Tain and Balnagown Docs no. 128 |
| Andrew Munro of Teanovar | 1727 Tain and Balnagown Docs no. 890 |
| Novar Inn | 1791-1799 OSA (Kiltearn), 467 |
| Novar | 1820 Thomson |
| Navart | 1730 Wade’s Military Maps of Scotland |
| Newvar | 1747-55 Roy |
| G Tigh ’n fhuamhair Giant’s House | Watson 1904, 77 |
| Tigh ’n Fhũ(mh)a(i)r | Robertson |
Additional Information
Applied to Novar Quarry ~ Cuaraidh Thaigh an Fhuamhair