English / Map Form: Talmine
Gaelic Form: Tealmainn
Post Town: LAIRG
Postcode area: IV27
County: Sutherland
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Talmine
Gaelic Form: Tealmainn
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Talman | 1747-55 Roy | |
| Talmin | 1820 Thomson | |
| Talmin | 1832 Burnett |
Toll-min Dwelly 1912
“N., Tollr, toll, and minnr, less, or free, toll-minnr, toll free, a landing place at which no dues were charged ;
contracted to Toll-minn, Talmine the r changed to for the euphony of the Gaelic.” MacKay 1891, 124.
“contracted to Talminn” MacKay 1896 Sutherland Place Names Scottish Geographical Magazine, 519
Tealmainn: Seumas Grannd 2007
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