Polbain
village · Highland
CornishAI-generated
Polbain is a Cornish place name meaning 'white harbour'. It combines the Cornish word 'pol' for harbour with 'gwyn' (which becomes 'bain' through lenition and dialectal variation) meaning white.
Word origins
- Pol
- Cornishharbour, pool(from pol "harbour, pool")
- bain
- Cornishwhite(from gwyn "white")
Historical forms
Polbain 1576