Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivationsBlackie, Christina
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
_i.e._ _Tre-deg-fair-ar_ (land), (the choice abode); Tre-Wyddel (the
forester’s abode); Trefhedyn, _i.e._ _Tref-y-din_ (hill town).
[Sidenote: TROM, TRIUM (Gadhelic),]
the elder-tree; _e.g._ Trim, in Co. Meath, corrupt. from _Ath-trium_
(the ford of the elder-trees); Trummery and Trimmer (places abounding
in elder-trees); Tromann, Trumman (the little elder-tree).
[Sidenote: TUAIM, TOOM (Gadhelic),]
a mound raised over a grave, cognate with the Lat. _tumulus_; _e.g._
Tuam, Co. Galway, anc. _Tuaim-da-ghualann_ (the tumulus of the two
shoulders, from the shape of the ancient sepulchral mound); Toome, on
the R. Bann; Tomfinlough (the tumulus of the clear lake); Tomgraney
(the tomb of Grian); the Tomies (hills on Lake Killarney); Toomona (the
tomb of the bog); Toomyvara, _i.e._ _Tuaim-ui-Mheadra_ (O’Mara’s tomb).
[Sidenote: TUAR (Gadhelic),]
a bleach-green, Anglicised _toor_; _e.g._ Tooreen (little
bleach-green); Tooreenagrena (the sunny little bleach-green); Monatore
(the bog of the bleach-green); Tintore, for _Tigh-an-tuair_ (the house
at the bleach-green), in Ireland.
[Sidenote: TULACH (Gadhelic),]
a little hill or mound, and also a measure of land--Anglicised
_tulla_, _tullow_, _tully_, or _tulli_; _e.g._ Tullow (the hill);
Tullamore (great hill); Tullanavert (the hill of the graves, _ferta_);
Tullaghcullion and Tullycullion (of the holly); Kiltullagh (church
hill); Tullaghan (little hill); Tallow, Co. Waterford, more correctly
_Tealach-an-iarainn_ (the hill of the iron, from the neighbouring
iron mines); Tullyallen, on the Boyne, and Tulliallan, in Perthshire,
_i.e._ _Tulaigh-álainn_ (the beautiful hill); Tullyard (high hill);
Tillicoultry (the hill at the back of the land), in Clackmannan;
Tullibardine (the bard’s hill); Tulloch-gorum (the blue hill);
Tullybody (the hill of the black cow, _bo dubh_); Tillyfour (the
grassy hill, _feoiridh_). _Tully_ or _tilly_, however, is sometimes
a corruption of _teaglach_ (a family), as in Tullynessle and
Tillymorgan--_v._ W. SKENE, LL.D.
[Sidenote: TUNDRA (Tartar),]
a mossy flat, the name given to the vast plains on the Arctic Ocean.
[Sidenote: TURA (Tartar),]
a town or settlement; _e.g._ Tura, a river in Russia, so called by
the Tartars because they made a settlement at the place; Tura, also
in Hungary; O’Tura (old town); Turinsk (the town on the R. Tura), in
Russia.
[Sidenote: TWISTLE (Scand.),]
a boundary; _e.g._ Twistleton (the town on the boundary);
Oswaldtwistle (Oswald’s boundary); Haltwistle (high boundary);
Birchtwistle (birch-tree boundary); Ectwistle (oak-tree boundary).
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[Sidenote: UAMH (Gadhelic),]
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