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Portnalong

Port nan Long

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Meaning

the port of the ships


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV47

NG348348


English / Map Form: Portnalong

Gaelic Form: Port nan Long


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE

Postcode area: IV47

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: B8009

English / Map Form: Portnalong

Gaelic Form: Port nan Long


Language Notes

G nom. sg. port, masc. ‘harbour’ + gen. pl. fem. def. art. nan + gen. pl. long, fem. ship’ = ‘the port of the ships’

Element Meaning

G port ~ harbour; long ~ ship

Sources

Port na Long 1881 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Port nan Long “port or harbour of the ship” Forbes, 283
Port na Long, Port nan Long (Sleat) Forbes, 394
Port na Luinge Watson 1926,92

[pʰɔʂʈ nəlõŋ]

local source Sòdhaigh

Additional Information

There are two places with this name on Skye. It seems the two Skye names have been confused and the matter of singular or plural is now unclear. The Watson name refers to a site on Tiree.

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