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Foyers (Scottish Gaelic:
Foithir,
meaning "shelving slope") is a
village in the
Highland council area of Scotland,
lying on the east s**** of Loch Ness...
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unsound etymology, however, as
Fothriff derives from the
Gaelic words foithir and Fib and
means "district
appended to Fife",
while Fortriu is related...
- valley",
exactly as in its
Brittonic cognates (cf.
Welsh ystrad). Dùn,
foithir, lios, ràth and tom may, by the same token,
attest a
substrate influence...
- Frenchpark, Kilma****sy,
Cartroncarrowntogher Coosfohermarenabinia 20 Cuas
Foithir Mhór na
Binne Cove Kerry, Corkaguiny, Garfinny,
Beenbane Crockballaghnagrooma...
- "head" or "end", and
foithir,
probably derived from a
Pictish word
meaning "district" or "region".
Although Gaelic in form,
foithir is only
found in placenames...
- as
outstanding in most sections.
Forglen House The
estate of
Forglen (
Foithir Gleann,
meaning "the
hollow of the vale" in Gaelic) was one of the parcels...
