Etymology

Durness

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Today it means: A coastal village in north Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC4067). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Diùranais ← Old Norse dýr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromdýr“deer, wild animal”
  2. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromDiùranais
  3. English todayDurness

From Scottish Gaelic Diùranais, further etymology uncertain; possibly dòrainn nis (“tempest point”), dhu (see dubh) thír nis (“point of the black land”), or a borrowing from Old Norse dýr (“deer, wild animal”). More at Durness.

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