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Inchgarvie

Inchgarvie proper noun: a small island in the Firth of Forth, within Edinburgh council area, Scotland. One pier for the Forth Bridge is built on it (OS grid ref NT1379).

Proper noun

Inchgarvie

  1. A small island in the Firth of Forth, within Edinburgh council area, Scotland. One pier for the Forth Bridge is built on it (OS grid ref NT1379).
    • As we descended the long wooden stairway that leads from the central tower to the Island of Inchgarvie, the straight and simple outlines of the internal viaduct stood out in sharp contrast to the long sweep of the massive tubular arms of the cantilevers, and the complicated network of the lattice...1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150

Forms of Inchgarvie

alternative formInch Garvie

Questions about Inchgarvie

What does Inchgarvie mean?
Inchgarvie means a small island in the Firth of Forth, within Edinburgh council area, Scotland. One pier for the Forth Bridge is built on it (OS grid ref NT1379).
What part of speech is Inchgarvie?
Inchgarvie is a proper noun.

Words near Inchgarvie in the dictionary

  1. inches back
  2. inches forward
  3. inches up
  4. inchful
  5. inchfuls
  6. Inchgarvie
  7. inchi
  8. Inchicore
  9. inching
  10. inching along
  11. inching away

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