English / Map Form: Poolewe
Gaelic Form: Poll Iù
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: ACHNASHEEN
County: -- Select a county --
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Poolewe
Gaelic Form: Poll Iù
Language Notes
G nom. sg. poll, masc. 'pool' + en? Iu, a hydronymElement Meaning
G poll ~ pool; Iù ~ River Ewe
Sources
Poolew | 1820 Thomson |
Poolewe | 1857 Admiralty
Chart 2509 |
Poll Iù | Wentworth |
Poll-iu | Dixon 1886, xxxviii |
Poll-iù | Watson 1904, 230 |
Poll-iù | Hulme 2007 |