List of islands called Linga

There are several islands called Linga, or similar names, in Scotland. "Linga", in the Northern Isles, and sometimes "Lingay" and "Lingeigh" in the Hebrides, is a common name for an island, and occurs most frequently in Shetland. It is derived from the old Norse lyngey meaning 'heather island'. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent is Eilean Fraoch or Fraoch Eilean.

Not to be confused with Lingga Island.

Shetland

Orkney

Hebrides
  • Lingay, Fiaray north of Barra and west of Eriskay
  • Lingay, Killegray south east of Killegray in the Sound of Harris
  • Lingeigh in the Bishop's Isles, south of Barra
  • Lingay, Wiay off Benbecula
  • Langay or Langaigh, an islet north of Lingay, Killegray and east of Killegray in the Sound of Harris
  • Lingay Fhada north of Fuiay and Barra, and south west of Hellisay
  • Garbh Lingay also north of Fuiay and Barra, and south west of Hellisay
  • Lingeam (from Norse "Lyng Holm")
  • Lingeigh, North Uist south east of Boreray

Similar names

There are also a number of Scottish islands with similar names, including:

gollark: Except browsers which don't render half the web.
gollark: ALL browsers are somewhat bloated because web standards are crazy.
gollark: Apparently back in the Windows XP days, you had to install service packs very fast or your computer would be overrun with worms when it was connected to the internet.
gollark: I too love ancient and wildly insecure systems?
gollark: Also more resilient against, say, being dropped.

See also

References
  • Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-454-3
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.