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List of Scottish place names in other countries

May 18, 2024

This page is a list of place names in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to other parts of the world by Scottish emigrants or explorers, or contain distinctive Scottish surnames as an element.

Antarctica edit

 
Huron Glacier and McFarlane Strait on Livingston Island, South Shetlands
 
Scotia Sea

Argentina edit

 
Munro, Argentina

Australia edit

 
The Perth skyline viewed from Elizabeth Quay
 
The Balconies (formerly known as the 'Jaws of Death') - Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia
Further information: Scottish place names in Australia

Barbados edit

Bermuda edit

 
The coast of Callan Glen, Hamilton Parish, Bermuda.

Bulgaria edit

Canada edit

Further information: Scottish place names in Canada
Also note that, unless otherwise stated, province names are not Scottish.
 
Banff, Alberta
 
A satellite photo of Nova Scotia.

Caledonia Mountain

Scotland

For Nova Scotian names in Scottish Gaelic (not necessarily the same as the English versions) see:

Canadian communities with Scottish Gaelic speakers
Scottish Gaelic placenames in Canada.

A notable example of this phenomenon is Beinn Bhreagh, former home of Alexander Graham Bell.

Chile edit

Dominica edit

 
Scott's Head, Dominica

England edit

 
New Scotland Yard, London

Falkland Islands edit

 
Map of the Falkland Islands

Note: The Falkland Islands derive their English language name from Falkland Sound. This was named for Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount of Falkland, who in turn took his title from Falkland Palace. See also West Falkland and East Falkland, the two main islands. Stanley is a location in Scotland, but the Falkland town is named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby.

Brenton Loch (inlet) and Loch Head Pond are also rare examples of the Scottish word "loch" being applied to bodies of water outside Europe.

Hong Kong edit

 
Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong

India edit

Italy edit

Indonesia edit

  • Jawa Timur (East Java)
    • Glenmore (fr:Glenmore (Indonésie), id:Glenmore, Banyuwangi) - From a Gaelic placename both in Mull and Lismore, it was named by Scottish Highland soldiers serving in the Dutch East India Company of the 18th Century who were garrisoned in the area near Mount Raung and who eventually married locally and settled down.

Ireland edit

Because Scotland and Ireland have their own Gaelic languages, many of the same placename elements can be found in both countries. However, during the Ulster Plantations, Scottish settlers from the Lowlands who were mostly of Anglo-Saxon stock have left their mark with some place names in Ulster which are distinct to Ireland's predominantly Celtic placenames.

Jamaica edit

  • Aberdeen
  • Alva
  • Berwick Castle
  • Clydesdale
  • Culloden (two places)
  • Dundee
  • Elderslie
  • Elgin Town (two places)
  • Farquhar's Beach
  • Glasgow
  • Inverness
  • Kilmarnoch (sic - from Kilmarnock)
  • Suburbs of Kingston (possibly not itself a Scottish name) [4]
  • Knapdale
  • Montego Bay suburbs include Dunbar Pen and Glendevon.
  • Perth Town
  • Roxborough
  • Stewart Town
  • Tweedside

Kerguelen Islands edit

  • McMurdo Island/Ile McMurdo
  • Ile Murray

Malawi edit

Malaysia edit

 
Satellite image of Darvel Bay, 27 July 1980

Isle of Man edit

The Isle of Man like Ireland also has its own Gaelic language meaning that Scottish placename elements such as "glen" (Manx: "glione") frequently turn up there, e.g. Sulby Glen, but these are indigenous.

New Caledonia edit

 
"Baie des Tortues" (Turtle Bay) near "La roche percée" (Pierced Rock) at Bourail in New Caledonia

New Zealand edit

 
Cnr of Esk and Dee Streets, looking up Esk st, one of the main shopping streets of Invercargill.
 
Looking at Lake Wakatipu from Glenorchy
 
View of the Clutha River towards Roxburgh Bridge.
Further information: Scottish place names in New Zealand

The South Island also contains the Strath-Taieri and the Ben Ohau Range of mountains, both combining Scots Gaelic and Māori origins. Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name, since it combines the Scottish prefix "Inver" (Inbhir), meaning a river's mouth, with "Cargill", the name of a leading early settler, who was born in Scotland. Invercargill's main streets are named after Scottish rivers (Dee, Tay, Spey, Esk, Don, Doon, Clyde, etc.), and many places in Dunedin have names mirroring those in Edinburgh. Inchbonnie is a hybrid of Lowland Scots and Scottish Gaelic

Norway edit

Panama edit

 
The Scottish Colony in Panama

Due to the Darién scheme, the Caribbean coast of Panama has various names which refer to the Scottish presence. The colony was called "New Caledonia", the settlement "New Edinburgh", the fort "Fort St Andrew" and the bay near it "Caledonia Bay". These names are defunct, although references to the Scottish settlers remain in some of the Spanish language names of the region.

Pitcairn Islands edit

Seychelles edit

South Africa edit

Further information: Scottish place names in South Africa
 
Arniston, South Africa's typical fisherman houses
 
Boers watch the fighting at Dundee in 1899
 
Pringle Bay

South Georgia edit

 
Stromness Bay, South Georgia

Sri Lanka edit

 
Elgin Falls, Sri Lanka
Further information: Locations in Sri Lanka with a Scottish name

Sweden edit

Tristan da Cunha edit

 
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas

Trinidad and Tobago edit

  • [Glencoe] (Suburb of Port of Spain)
  • Caledonia Island and Craig Island (joined by a reef)
  • Culloden Bay
  • Mount Irvine
  • Roxburgh
  • Speyside

Turks and Caicos Islands edit

United States edit

 
Tribute to Kurt Cobain in Aberdeen, Washington State.
 
Dunedin's Scottish-American Society maintains Dunedin's Scottish heritage.
Further information: Locations in the United States with a Scottish name

Vanuatu edit

Wales edit

Zambia edit

 
Livingstone, Zambia
 
Mzingwane River at West Nicholson, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe edit

  • Bannockburn
  • Craigmore, Zimbabwe
  • Glendale, Zimbabwe
  • West Nicholson
  • Bulawayo is a native name, but 38 of the 156 suburbs have names of some kind of Scottish origin.[8]
    • Barbourfields
    • Burnside
    • Douglasdale
    • Glencoe
    • Glengarry
    • Kelvin, Kelvin East, Kelvin North and Kelvin West (River Kelvin)
    • Lochview - in reference to Lakeside Dam.
    • Montrose Old Church
    • Morningside
    • Paddonhurst
    • Southdale (Shetland Islands).
  • Harare also a native name - suburbs include [9]
    • Ardbennie
    • Braeside
    • Glen Lorne
    • Lochinvar
    • Strathaven

Some post-colonial renaming has taken place, e.g. Lake Chivero was formerly known as Lake McIlwaine. It is uncertain whether the "Glen" of Glen Norah is Scottish inspired.

Outer space edit

 
Asteroid 243 Ida which includes a feature named after Fingal's Cave

References edit

  1. ^ Nasa Atlas 2007-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7 July 2007.

External links edit

  • Scottish placenames around the world

May 18, 2024
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This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 This page is a list of place names in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to other parts of the world by Scottish emigrants or explorers or contain distinctive Scottish surnames as an element Contents 1 Antarctica 2 Argentina 3 Australia 4 Barbados 5 Bermuda 6 Bulgaria 7 Canada 8 Chile 9 Dominica 10 England 11 Falkland Islands 12 Hong Kong 13 India 14 Italy 15 Indonesia 16 Ireland 17 Jamaica 18 Kerguelen Islands 19 Malawi 20 Malaysia 21 Isle of Man 22 New Caledonia 23 New Zealand 24 Norway 25 Panama 26 Pitcairn Islands 27 Seychelles 28 South Africa 29 South Georgia 30 Sri Lanka 31 Sweden 32 Tristan da Cunha 33 Trinidad and Tobago 34 Turks and Caicos Islands 35 United States 36 Vanuatu 37 Wales 38 Zambia 39 Zimbabwe 40 Outer space 41 References 42 External linksAntarctica edit nbsp Huron Glacier and McFarlane Strait on Livingston Island South Shetlands nbsp Scotia Sea Ailsa Craig South Orkney Islands Anderson Peninsula Dundee Island and Firth of Tay Inverleith Harbour McDonald Ice Rumples McMurdo Sound McMurdo Ice Shelf and McMurdo Station McIntyre Island MacKenzie Bay Mount Campbell Mount Crawford Antarctica Mount Dalrymple Mount Douglas Antarctica Mount Hamilton Antarctica Mount Inverleith Mount Kirkpatrick Kilpatrick and Kirkpatrick Basalt named for a Glasgow businessman Mount Strathcona Robertson Island Robertson Islands Scotia Arc and Scotia Sea South Orkneys Cape Geddes Laurie Island named by Scottish National Antarctic Expedition Nigg Rock 1 Orcadas Base Omond House 2 Scotia Bay South Shetlands Barclay Bay Duff Point Gibbs Island Livingston Island McFarlane Strait Livingston McFarlane Strait Morton Strait South Shetland TroughArgentina edit nbsp Munro Argentina Armstrong Santa Fe Drysdale Buenos Aires a settlement in Carlos Tejador Partido Argentina Henderson Buenos Aires Munro Buenos Aires Duncan Mackay Munro Nueva Escocia Spanish for New ScotlandAustralia edit nbsp The Perth skyline viewed from Elizabeth Quay nbsp The Balconies formerly known as the Jaws of Death Grampians National Park Victoria Australia Further information Scottish place names in Australia New South Wales Ben Lomond Glen Innes Dalgety Northern Territory MacDonnell Ranges Queensland Aramac R R Mackenzie Ayr Brisbane Thomas Brisbane Cairns Esk Kilcoy Logan City Patrick Logan Mackay John Mackay Mitchell Thomas Mitchell Tasmania Ben Lomond Suburbs of Hobart Glenorchy Glenorchy and City of Glenorchy Victoria Grampians Victoria St Kilda Dunkeld Western Australia Marvel Loch Western Australia Perth Stirling Stirling RangeBarbados editNames in Bridgetown Barbados not a Scottish name 3 Arthurs Seat Callendar Carrington Inch Marlowe Inchmarlo Montrose James Town King James VI of Scotland Saint James BarbadosBermuda edit nbsp The coast of Callan Glen Hamilton Parish Bermuda Callan Glen Hamilton Hamilton Parish Note that Hamilton is not in Hamilton Parish Bulgaria editAtolovo Bulgarian Atolovo from the Bulgarian transliteration of Atholl and the Slavic toponymic suffix ovo Canada editFurther information Scottish place names in Canada Also note that unless otherwise stated province names are not Scottish nbsp Banff Alberta nbsp A satellite photo of Nova Scotia Alberta Banff named after town in north east Scotland Calgary named after Calgary in Mull New Brunswick Perth Andover Caledonia Mountain Nova Scotia Latin for New Scotland Inverness County Nova Scotia Victoria County Nova Scotia Arisaig Glendale Iona New Glasgow Sunnybrae Aberdeen Halifax Dundee For Nova Scotian names in Scottish Gaelic not necessarily the same as the English versions see Canadian communities with Scottish Gaelic speakers Scottish Gaelic placenames in Canada A notable example of this phenomenon is Beinn Bhreagh former home of Alexander Graham Bell Ontario Eglinton Fergus Glencoe Hamilton Port Elgin Tobermory Wallaceburg William Wallace Prince Edward Island New GlasgowChile editAlejandro Selkirk Island Juan Fernandez Islands named for Alexander Selkirk Villa Cameron Cochrane Chile Gordon Island Lennox and Picton Picton allegedly from Pict Lennox from the area north of GlasgowDominica edit nbsp Scott s Head Dominica Scotts Head Dominica Scott s Head VillageEngland edit nbsp New Scotland Yard London Crawford Lancashire a hamlet near Rainford Scotch Corner Scotland Yard London Telford named after Scottish engineer Falkland Islands edit nbsp Map of the Falkland Islands Douglas Note The Falkland Islands derive their English language name from Falkland Sound This was named for Anthony Cary 5th Viscount of Falkland who in turn took his title from Falkland Palace See also West Falkland and East Falkland the two main islands Stanley is a location in Scotland but the Falkland town is named after Edward Smith Stanley 14th Earl of Derby Brenton Loch inlet and Loch Head Pond are also rare examples of the Scottish word loch being applied to bodies of water outside Europe Hong Kong edit nbsp Aberdeen Harbour Hong Kong Aberdeen Harbour Aberdeen Street Arbuthnot Road Argyle Street Arran Street Berwick Street Braemar Hill Bute Street Dumbarton Road Dunbar Road Dundas Street Edinburgh Place Elgin Street Fife Street Forfar Road Gullane Road Grampian Road Inverness Road Jardine s Lookout William Jardine Lomond Road Moray Road Pentland Street Perth Street Piper s Hill Renfrew Road Selkirk Road Stirling Road Sutherland Street Tweed Street Zetland StreetIndia editPort Blair Andaman Islands named after Archibald Blair McLeod Ganj was named after Sir Donald Friell McLeod a Lieutenant Governor of Punjab Dalhousie India a town in Himachal Pradesh named after Lord Dalhousie 1st Marquess of Dalhousie Governor General of India 1848 1856 Italy editSant Andrea degli ScozzesiIndonesia editJawa Timur East Java Glenmore fr Glenmore Indonesie id Glenmore Banyuwangi From a Gaelic placename both in Mull and Lismore it was named by Scottish Highland soldiers serving in the Dutch East India Company of the 18th Century who were garrisoned in the area near Mount Raung and who eventually married locally and settled down Ireland editBecause Scotland and Ireland have their own Gaelic languages many of the same placename elements can be found in both countries However during the Ulster Plantations Scottish settlers from the Lowlands who were mostly of Anglo Saxon stock have left their mark with some place names in Ulster which are distinct to Ireland s predominantly Celtic placenames Bridge End Donegal Burnfoot Donegal Burt Donegal Caledon County Tyrone from Caledonia Crawfordsburn Down Drumcairn Donegal Inch Donegal Scotch Quay Waterford St Johnston Donegal Manorcunningham Donegal Newtown Cunningham Donegal Newtownstewart Lislas Stewartstown an Chraobh Jamaica editAberdeen Alva Berwick Castle Clydesdale Culloden two places Dundee Elderslie Elgin Town two places Farquhar s Beach Glasgow Inverness Kilmarnoch sic from Kilmarnock Suburbs of Kingston possibly not itself a Scottish name 4 Balmagie Braeton Dunrobin Pitcairn Valley Portmore Sterling Castle Stirling Castle Knapdale Montego Bay suburbs include Dunbar Pen and Glendevon Perth Town Roxborough Stewart Town TweedsideKerguelen Islands editMcMurdo Island Ile McMurdo Ile MurrayMalawi editBlantyre Cape MaclearMalaysia edit nbsp Satellite image of Darvel Bay 27 July 1980 Darvel Bay Cameron Highlands Fraser s Hill Port Dickson Kinta Kellas Batu GajahIsle of Man editAtholl Street financial district of Douglas Douglas while also a Scottish name is not of Scottish origin in this case St Ninian s Crossroads Saint Ninian The Isle of Man like Ireland also has its own Gaelic language meaning that Scottish placename elements such as glen Manx glione frequently turn up there e g Sulby Glen but these are indigenous New Caledonia edit nbsp Baie des Tortues Turtle Bay near La roche percee Pierced Rock at Bourail in New Caledonia New CaledoniaNew Zealand edit nbsp Cnr of Esk and Dee Streets looking up Esk st one of the main shopping streets of Invercargill nbsp Looking at Lake Wakatipu from Glenorchy nbsp View of the Clutha River towards Roxburgh Bridge Further information Scottish place names in New Zealand North Island Hamilton New Zealand Napier New Zealand South Island and Stewart Island Rakiura Balclutha from the Gaelic for Clydetown Baile Chluaidh Dunedin from Dun Eideann Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh Lammerlaw Range mountains The Grampians mountains Oban largest settlement in Stewart Island Rakiura Ulva Island Water of Leith river The South Island also contains the Strath Taieri and the Ben Ohau Range of mountains both combining Scots Gaelic and Maori origins Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name since it combines the Scottish prefix Inver Inbhir meaning a river s mouth with Cargill the name of a leading early settler who was born in Scotland Invercargill s main streets are named after Scottish rivers Dee Tay Spey Esk Don Doon Clyde etc and many places in Dunedin have names mirroring those in Edinburgh Inchbonnie is a hybrid of Lowland Scots and Scottish GaelicNorway editHjeltefjorden meaning Shetland Fjord Panama edit nbsp The Scottish Colony in Panama Due to the Darien scheme the Caribbean coast of Panama has various names which refer to the Scottish presence The colony was called New Caledonia the settlement New Edinburgh the fort Fort St Andrew and the bay near it Caledonia Bay These names are defunct although references to the Scottish settlers remain in some of the Spanish language names of the region Pitcairn Islands editPitcairn Henderson Island Scottish surname Seychelles editFarquhar Group and Farquhar AtollSouth Africa editFurther information Scottish place names in South Africa nbsp Arniston South Africa s typical fisherman houses nbsp Boers watch the fighting at Dundee in 1899 nbsp Pringle Bay Eastern Cape Aberdeen Albany South Africa named after Albany New York in turn from an old name for Scotland Alba Cathcart George Cathcart Grahamstown John Graham British Army officer KwaZulu Natal native Balgowan Dundee Glencoe Scottburgh Gauteng native Suburbs of Johannesburg 5 Abbotsford Argyll Balmoral Birnam Blairgowrie Brushwood Haugh Haugh being a Lowland Scots word for meadow Buccleuch Dunkeld Dunnotar Dunvegan Glen Atholl Glen Esk Heriotdale Kelvin Melrose Moffat View Strathavon Wattville Mpumalanga Balfour formerly McHattiesburg North West Province Orkney Northern Cape Alexander Bay James Edward Alexander Campbell Sutherland Western Cape Arniston Arniston Midlothian Clanwilliam Elgin Gordon s Bay McGregor Napier Pringle Bay Robertson Rev William Robertson Suburbs of Cape Town 6 Airlie Balvenie Bellville after Charles Davidson Bell Surveyor General of the Cape from 1848 to 1872 Bonnie Brook Burn is the normal form in Scotland Clunie Crawford Crofters Valley Dunoon Dunrobin Glencairn Kelvingrove Lochiel Schotsche Kloof Afrikaans for Scottish Ravine St Kilda The Glen Finlay s Point Murray s Bay on Robbin Island named after John Murray a Scottish whaler 7 South Georgia edit nbsp Stromness Bay South Georgia Allardyce Range Geikie Glacier Archibald Geikie Leith Harbour former whaling base Lyell Glacier South Georgia Charles Lyell McNish Island Harry McNish Mount Carse Mount Cunningham John C Cunningham Ross Glacier St Andrews Bay Stromness and Stromness Bay Scotia Arc Scotia SeaSri Lanka edit nbsp Elgin Falls Sri Lanka Further information Locations in Sri Lanka with a Scottish name Aberdeen Falls Balmoral Caledonia Dalhousie Elgin Falls Glasgow Highland Iona Macduff Maitland Crescent St Andrew s SanquharSweden editInverness a residential area in Danderyd Municipality StockholmTristan da Cunha edit nbsp Edinburgh of the Seven Seas Edinburgh of the Seven SeasTrinidad and Tobago edit Glencoe Suburb of Port of Spain Caledonia Island and Craig Island joined by a reef Culloden Bay Mount Irvine Roxburgh SpeysideTurks and Caicos Islands editCockburn Harbour South Caicos United States edit nbsp Tribute to Kurt Cobain in Aberdeen Washington State nbsp Dunedin s Scottish American Society maintains Dunedin s Scottish heritage Further information Locations in the United States with a Scottish nameVanuatu editNew HebridesWales editButetown Tiger Bay in Cardiff named after the Marquess of Bute Wattstown Cwtch Zambia edit nbsp Livingstone Zambia Livingstone Zambia David Livingstone nbsp Mzingwane River at West Nicholson ZimbabweZimbabwe editBannockburn Craigmore Zimbabwe Glendale Zimbabwe West Nicholson Bulawayo is a native name but 38 of the 156 suburbs have names of some kind of Scottish origin 8 Barbourfields Burnside Douglasdale Glencoe Glengarry Kelvin Kelvin East Kelvin North and Kelvin West River Kelvin Lochview in reference to Lakeside Dam Montrose Old Church Morningside Paddonhurst Southdale Shetland Islands Harare also a native name suburbs include 9 Ardbennie Braeside Glen Lorne Lochinvar Strathaven Some post colonial renaming has taken place e g Lake Chivero was formerly known as Lake McIlwaine It is uncertain whether the Glen of Glen Norah is Scottish inspired Outer space edit nbsp Asteroid 243 Ida which includes a feature named after Fingal s Cave The Moon Dorsa Geikie a wrinkle ridge system on the Moon is named after Sir Archibald Geikie 1 Europa Arran Chaos Callanish Tormsdale Tormsdale Caithness Martian craters Ayr Balvicar Banff Darvel Doon Echt 253 Mathilde asteroid Clackmannan 243 Ida asteroid Fingal features are named after caves in this case Fingal s Cave on Staffa References edit Nasa Atlas Archived 2007 07 14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7 July 2007 External links editScottish placenames around the world Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Scottish place names in other countries amp oldid 1190250826, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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