Port Rìgh

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Either port + rìgh (king's port), possibly after James V, or a corruption of port + ruighe (port of the flat land at the foot of a hill). Prior to the 16th century the area was known as Cill Targhlain.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈrˠiː/

Proper noun

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Port Rìgh m

  1. Portree (The largest town on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland) (OS grid ref NG4843).

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
Port Rìgh Phort Rìgh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.