English / Map Form: Wick
Gaelic Form: Inbhir Ùige
Location: Caithness, Highland
Post Town: WICK
Postcode area: KW1
County: Caithness
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A99, A882
English / Map Form: Wick
Gaelic Form: Inbhir Ùige
Language Notes
G nom. sg. inbhir, masc. ‘confluence’ + ?en Ùige (from Norse vík, 'bay')Element Meaning
G inbhir ~ ‘confluence’ + Ùige river name
Sources
| Inbhirùig | Cruinne-eolas Alba in an Deo-Greine 1920 Leabhar XV, 74 |
| In’rùig (at Helmsdale) | Robertson SM359a, 180 |
| inner-uig | Diack, Inscriptions, 197 |
| Inbhir Ùig’ | Placenames from Dr James Grant’s lexicon for Taigh na Gaidhlig Mhealanais 2007 |
| Inbhir Ùige | Mark, Gaelic-English Dictionary |
Additional Information
Mac an Tàilleir: The English name is “bay”, from Norse, and the Gaelic is “the mouth of the Wick river”, from Gaelic/Norse.