English / Map Form: Tain
Gaelic Form: Baile Dhubhthaich
Location: Easter Ross, Highland
Post Town: TAIN
Postcode area: IV19
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Tain
Gaelic Form: Baile Dhubhthaich
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G baile ~ town; Dubhthach ~ personal name, Duthac
Sources
Baile Dhuthaich | Dieckhoff Dictionary |
Baile Dhubhaich | Watson 1904, 32 |
Baile Dhubhthaich | Watson 1926, 283 |
Baile Dhuthaich | Robertson |
Additional Information
This is an established term.
Tain Hill ~ Cnoc Baile Dhubhthaich
Tain Hill Forest Walk ~ Cuairt-coille Cnoc Bhaile Dhubhthaich