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.