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Scottish Gaelic place-name element
inbhir
inbhir means “mouth of a river, estuary”
In English spellings, names built on it often start with:
- Inver- (Inverness)
Place names with inbhir
- Inbhir Nis · Inverness · Highland“mouth of the River Ness”
- Inbhir Gharadh · Invergarry · Highland“mouth of the River Garry”
Other Scottish Gaelic elements
baile · village, townbàn · white, pale, faircàrn · cairnceann · head, enddùn · fort, fortresseaglais · churchgleann · glen, valleylios · garden; enclosure; fortified placeloch · lake, lochmòr · big, large, greatmuileann · millport · port, harbourruadh · redsròn · nose; promontory, pointtobar · well, spring
Sources
- Wiktionary: inbhir (Scottish Gaelic) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (gd-inbhir)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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