Orabost
hamlet · Highland
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Orabost is a Gaelic name meaning 'the farmstead on the shore'. It combines 'Oir' (shore, edge) with 'bost' (farmstead, settlement, from Old Norse 'bústaðr').
Word origins
- Ora
- Gaelicshore, edge(from Oir "shore, edge")
- bost
- Norse-Gaelicfarmstead, settlement(from bústaðr "farmstead, dwelling")
Historical forms
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