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Port Rìgh
Pronunciation (IPA)/pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈrˠiː/
English name: Portree · Highland
Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation
Meaning
“king’s port”, or possibly “port of the flat land at the foot of a hill”
The origin of this name is not certain. This is the meaning the sources below give.
Broken down
Nearby & related:
Tarsgabhaig · TarskavaigLoch Aillse · Loch AlshGeàrrloch · GairlochNa Hearadh · HarrisBeàrnaraigh · BernerayÈirisgeigh · Eriskay
Sources
- Wiktionary: Port Rìgh (Scottish Gaelic) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wiktionary: Portree (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1010998 (CC0)
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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