English / Map Form: Trumpan
Gaelic Form: Trumpan
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
Postcode area: IV55
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: B886
English / Map Form: Trumpan
Gaelic Form: Trumpan
Language Notes
obscureSources
| Trumpan | 1776 Mackenzie: North part |
| Tiumpan one sided hillock or farm | Forbes, 135 |
| [ˈt̪ʰrũ:mˌpan] | local source, Sgianaidean |
| [ˈt̪ʰrũ:mˌpan] | local source, Sòdhaigh |
| [ˈtʰrɔ̃ũmban] | Cox, local source |
Additional Information
This name is said to derive from tiompan, ‘hill’, but this is unlikely.
