Leòdhas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Norse ljóða hús (literally “song house”), though that may be a folk etymology.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʎɔː.əs̪/

Proper noun

Leòdhas m (genitive Leòdhais)

  1. Lewis (an island in Na h-Eileanan Siar council area, Scotland)
    Synonyms: Eilean Leòdhais, Eilean an Fhraoich
  • Leòdhasach (“person from Lewis; pertaining to Lewis”)

Descendants
  • → English: Lewis
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