Daviot, Highland

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Daviot
  • Scottish Gaelic: Deimhidh
Daviot is located in Inverness area
Daviot
Daviot
Location within the Inverness area
OS grid referenceNH722393
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townINVERNESS
Postcode districtIV2
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57°25′36″N 4°07′43″W / 57.42659°N 4.12865°W / 57.42659; -4.12865Coordinates: 57°25′36″N 4°07′43″W / 57.42659°N 4.12865°W / 57.42659; -4.12865

Daviot (Gaelic: Deimhidh[1]) is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland.[2] It is about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south east of the city of Inverness, next to the A9, the main road to Inverness.

Etymology[]

The name Daviot was recorded as Deveth in 1206–33,[3] and is Pictish origin.[3] The root of the name is *dem, meaning "sure, strong",[3] sharing a derivation with the Brittonic tribal name Demetæ (> Dyfed, Wales).[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir Archived December 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Daviot". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d MacBain, Alexander (1922). Place names Highlands & Islands of Scotland. Рипол Классик. p. 146. ISBN 9785878525244.


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