English / Map Form: Sallachy
Gaelic Form: Salachaidh
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: KYLE
Postcode area: IV40
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Sallachy
Gaelic Form: Salachaidh
Language Notes
Possibly seileach, adj. ‘willow’ + locative suffix -adh = ‘willow place’Element Meaning
G seileach ~ willow
Sources
| Salche | 1554 RMS iv no. 969 |
| Salachy | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
| Sellachie | 1655 RMS x no. 440 |
| Sallachie | 1681 RPS [1681/7/155] |
| Sallachy | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Salachaidh* | Dwelly 1912 |
| Salachaidh | Watson 1904, 8, 187 |
| Saileachaidh | previous signage |
| [sɑLəχɪ] / Salachaidh | local source, Geàrr-loch |
| [sɑLəχɪ] | local source, Sòdhaigh |
