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Insch
Insch ((スコットランド・ゲール語: An Innis or Innis Mo Bheathain)) is a village in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located approximately from the city of Aberdeen.
==Etymology==
The name of the village may have come from the Scottish Gaelic ''innis'', meaning an island, or, as in this context, a piece of ''terra firma'' in a marsh. 〔Watson, W.J., ''Celtic Placenames of Scotland'', (Edinburgh, 1926)〕 Alternatively, ''inch'' or ''innis'' can refer to a meadow or low-lying pasture which more closely corresponds with the site of the village. 〔Smith, Alexander (Ed.). ''A New History of Aberdeenshire in Two Parts: Part II'', Lewis Smith, Aberdeen, 1875.〕 ''Innis'' also indicates the presence of water - a river, loch or estuary, perhaps - often seen as ''Inch'' in place names, as in Perth's famous North and South Inches on the west bank of the River Tay. 〔Watson, W.J. ''Place-Names of Ross and Cromarty'', 1904, reprinted in paperback 1996 by Highland Heritage Books).〕〔("Glossary of Gaelic origins of place names in Britain (G to L)" ), ''Ordnance Survey'', accessed 30 September 2007〕 Inchnadamph at the eastern end of Loch Assynt is another example. ''Innis'' can also be translated as ''haven'' or ''sanctuary'' - an island where you can be safe from your enemies as much as a resting place on the cattle drove.
This latter meaning is reflected lyrically in Yeats' ''Innisfree'' ('heathered haven').
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