Flodday

There are many small islands in Scotland called Flodday (Scots Gaelic: Flodaigh) or similar and this list provides a guide to their location. The derivation of the name is from the Old Norse floti meaning "raft" or "float".[1] The similar island names Fladda and Flotta are also from the Norse flatr and mean "flat island".[2] Usage is not always consistent in external sources.

Outer Hebrides

Lewis near Great Bernera/Beàrnaraigh

Harris

North Uist

Benbecula

Barra

Inner Hebrides

Orkney

Shetland

Main references

  • Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  • 1:50,000 (Map). Ordnance Survey.

Footnotes

  1. Iain Mac an Tàilleir. "Placenames" (PDF). Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  2. Orkney placenames. Orkneyjar. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  3. General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands Archived November 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 Jan 2011.
  4. "Fladdaidh" Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Staffin Community Trust. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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