English / Map Form: Portknockie
Gaelic Form: Port Chnocaidh
Location: Banffshire
Post Town: BUCKIE
Postcode area: AB56
County: Banffshire
Local Authority: Moray
English / Map Form: Portknockie
Gaelic Form: Port Chnocaidh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G port ~ harbour; cnocaidh ~ hilly place
Sources
pɔrs̆tnɔki: Dorian notes [Gaelicised verstion of English form?]
Port Knochies 1747-55 Roy
Additional Information
This place was previously referred to as Portknockies. It is possible Cnocaidh was a pre-existing name, with Scots port added later when the settlement was built.
