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Tarbert (other)
Tarbert a place name in Scotland and Ireland. Tarbert may refer to the following places: Settlements * Tarbert, Isle of Gigha, Scotland * Tarbert, Canna, Scotland, Canna, Scotland * Tarbert, Harris, a ferry port on Harris, Scotland * Tarbert, Jura, on the east coast of the island of Jura * Tarbert, County Kerry, a ferry port on the estuary of the River Shannon in County Kerry, Ireland * Tarbert, Kintyre the town at the northern end of the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland * Tarbert, Ontario, Canada Sea lochs * West Loch Tarbert by Harris in the Western Isles of Scotland * East Loch Tarbert by Harris in the Western Isles of Scotland * West Loch Tarbert, Argyll by Tarbert in Argyll, Scotland * East Loch Tarbert, Argyll by Tarbert in Argyll, Scotland * Loch Tarbert, Jura by Tarbert on the island of Jura Other uses * Tarbert (Parliament of Scotland constituency) See also * Tarbet (other) * Tarbat {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarbert
Tarbert () is a place name in Scotland and Ireland. Places named Tarbert are characterised by a narrow strip of land, or isthmus. This can be where two lochs nearly meet, or a causeway out to an island. Etymology All placenames that variously show up as ''tarbert'', ''tarbat'' or ''tarbet'' in their anglicised form derive from either the Irish or Scottish Gaelic ''an tairbeart'', commonly translated as "the isthmus" today. Both these words derive from two Old Irish elements, ''tar'' "across" and a nominalised form of the verb ''ber'' "to carry". The in ''tar'' was assimilated to as a result of being next to the historically palatal in Old Irish, causing the change in spelling from ''tar'' to ''tair-''. So the literal translation would be an "across-carrying". The reason for this is that all tarberts are in fact located at or near old portage sites. In English language spellings the first syllable "tar" has generally remained constant but the second syllable "bert" has var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |