Vuiavore

Vuiavore
   VUIAVORE, an island, in the parish of Uig, island of Lewis, county of Ross and Cromarty; containing 46 inhabitants. This island lies in Loch Roag, to the south-west of Great Bernera, from the nearest point of which it is distant about half a mile. With the exception of Bernera, it is the largest of several isles in the loch, though not exceeding a mile and a half in length and half a mile in breadth, and like most of the land in the vicinity, and on this part of the coast of Lewis, it has little elevation.

A Topographical dictionary of Scotland. . 1856.

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  • Uig —    UIG, a parish, in the Island of Lewis, county of Ross and Cromarty; containing, with the islands of Great and Little Bernera, Pabbay, and Vuiavore, 3316 inhabitants. This place seems to have derived its name, signifying in the Gaelic language… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

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