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Portree

Port Rìgh

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Meaning

the king’s port


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV51

NG482436


English / Map Form: Portree

Gaelic Form: Port Rìgh


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: PORTREE

Postcode area: IV51

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Portree

Gaelic Form: Port Rìgh


Genitive Form: Phort Rìgh

Language Notes

G nom. sg. port, masc. ‘harbour’ + gen. sg. of rìgh, ‘king’ = ‘the king’s port’

Element Meaning

G port ~ harbour; rìgh ~ king

Sources

Portry, Loch Portrÿ 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye)
Portree 1776 Mackenzie: South part
Portree 1804 Heather
Port rìgh Dwelly 1912
Port Rìg Watson 1926,158
port righ Forbes, 283
Port Rìgh Sorley Maclean, An t-Eilean
Port Rìgh previous signage
Port Ruigh local source Sòdhaigh

Additional Information

The name now seems to be generally understood as Port Rìgh, regardless of what the original may have been.

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