Placename
Gaelic name: Abhainn Chùaig
Name in Original Source: Amhainn Chuaig
English meaning: Cow bay river
Placename feature: River
Notes: Flows north-west out of cf.Loch Gaineamhach. Cu-aig: Cow-bay. So, literally, Cow-bay river.
W. J. Watson's notes: 206: Cùaig - Norse 'kùa-vik,'cow-bay; the bay is now 'òb Chùaig.' There are, besides the bay and township, rudha Chùaig, abhainn Chùaig (the latter from Loch gainmheach), and eilean Chùaig
Map name appears in: OS 1880, 1905 Sheet XCI; OS Sheet 1880 LXXX; OS 1881, 1905 Sheet LXXXA
Feature Co-ordinates: 57.556459,-5.839014
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