Etymology

Tiree

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Today it means: An island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid refs NL94, NM04). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Tiriodh ← Old Norse Týrvist
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromTýrvist
  2. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromTiriodh
  3. English todayTiree

From Scottish Gaelic Tiriodh, from Old Norse Týrvist (literally “Tyr’s abode”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.