Inbhir Pheofharain

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From inbhir (“river mouth; confluence”) + Pheofharain (“the Peffery river”). The name only latterly came to apply to Dingwall, originally referring to the site of the mouth of the river itself.

Pronunciation

  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˌiɲɔɾ ˈfɛhɔɾan/[1] (as if spelled Inneor Pheathoran)
  • (East Sutherland) IPA(key): /ˌinəɾ ˈfjoːɾan/

Proper noun

Inbhir Pheofharain m

  1. Dingwall

References

  1. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 184

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