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Love the English place names "Foulness Island".

• mjlee 7y ago
  For what it's worth, this is foul (fowl) and ness meaning promontory/headland. That is, a peninsula that birds live on.
  • skrebbel 7y ago
    So Loch Ness means "Lake Peninsula"? Nice :)
    • arethuza 7y ago
      I suspect that might be a coincidence - the Gaelic name for Loch Ness is Loch Nis with the origins of the "Nis" being a bit unclear. Neither Loch Ness, River Ness or Inverness seem very peninsula like - although Caithness does use 'ness' in that sense but it was under Norse control for a long time but it is a broad peninsula...