Daviot, Highland

Daviot
Scottish Gaelic: *Deimhidh*
Daviot Scottish Gaelic: Deimhidh;
	Daviot Location within the Inverness area
OS grid reference	NH722393
Council area	Highland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	INVERNESS
Postcode district	IV2
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey;
Scottish Parliament	Inverness and Nairn;

Daviot (Gaelic: Deimhidh[1]) is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland.[2] It is about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south east of the city of Inverness, next to the A9, the main road to Inverness.

Etymology

The name Daviot was recorded as Deveth in 1206–33,[3] and is Pictish origin.[3] The root of the name is *dem, meaning "sure, strong",[3] sharing a derivation with the Brittonic tribal name Demetæ (> Dyfed, Wales).[3]

References

Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir Archived December 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
"Daviot". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
MacBain, Alexander (1922). Place names Highlands & Islands of Scotland. Рипол Классик. p. 146. ISBN 9785878525244. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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[1] Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir Archived December 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Daviot". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[MacBain-3] MacBain, Alexander (1922). Place names Highlands & Islands of Scotland. Рипол Классик. p. 146. ISBN 9785878525244. |access-date= requires |url= (help)