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Novar

Taigh an Fhuamhair

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Meaning

the giant's house


Settlement

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

IV16

NH614679


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

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