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Tote

Tota

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Meaning

site of a ruin


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV51

NG414489


English / Map Form: Tote

Gaelic Form: Tota


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: PORTREE

Postcode area: IV51

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A850

English / Map Form: Tote

Gaelic Form: Tota


Language Notes

ON nom. sg. topt, fem. ‘site of a ruin’

Element Meaning

ON topt ~ site of a ruin

Sources

Totua 1596 RMS vi no. 453
Cott (vel Tott) 1688 Retours (Inverness) no. 109
Tota, Tobhta ruins of a house Forbes, 431
Tota /td> Robertson
[tʰoʰˌt] local source, Sgianaidean
[tʰoʰˌt] local source, Sòdhaigh

Additional Information

This name has been treated as of Norse origin, since its meaning is generally unknown to our local sources and the article is absent.

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