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Tongue ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Tunga'' from Old Norse ''Tunga)) is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal. To the north lies the area of Braetongue. Tongue is the main village in a series of crofting townships that runs through Coldbackie, Dalharn, Blandy, and the harbour of Scullomie to the deserted township of Slettel. The village includes a youth hostel, a craft shop, a general store and garage, a bank, a post office and two hotels, the Tongue Hotel and The Ben Loyal Hotel. It is connected to the west side of the Kyle by the Kyle of Tongue Bridge and Causeway, built in 1971. ==Toponymy== Contrary to popular belief, the name Tongue does not refer to the shape of the Kyle of Tongue (though the kyle ''can'' be described as "tongue-shaped"). Rather it is a geographical term in Old Norse which refers to a piece of land shaped like a spit or tongue. That tongue of land projecting into the Kyle is the terminal moraine of the Kyle of Tongue glacier, and forms the eastern part of the Kyle of Tongue causeway. In Gaelic, ''Tunga'' indicates the village, whereas ''Caol Thunga'' indicates the kyle. The village is also known as ''Ceann Tàile'' and formerly as ''Circeabol''.
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