Tarbert

English

Etymology

From either Irish or Scottish Gaelic Tairbeart, an isthmus.

Proper noun

Tarbert

  1. A hamlet on the east coast of Jura, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR6182).
  2. A village and port on the east coast of north Kintyre, Argyll and Bute council area (OS grid ref NR8668).
  3. A place on the isle of Gigha, Argyll and Bute council area (OS grid ref NR6551).
  4. A village and port between South and North Harris, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid refs NB1500, NG1599).
  5. A village and port on the Shannon estuary in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 0647).
  6. A community in the town of Grand Valley, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.

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