UIG, Uig or uig is a placename meaning "bay" (from Norse) and may refer to:
Places
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Uig, Coll, a hamlet on the island of
Coll
Coll (; gd, Cola; sco, Coll)Mac an Tàilleir (2003) p. 31 is an island located west of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and ...
, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Uig, Duirinish
Uig is a hamlet south west of Uig in Snizort, on the eastern shore of Loch Dunvegan, in the civil parish of Duirinish, on the Isle of Skye, in the council area of Highland, Scotland.
History
The name "Uig" came from Old Norse
Old No ...
, a hamlet near Totaig, on the Isle of Skye, Highland Scotland
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Uig, Lewis
Uig ( gd, Ùig ), also known as ''Sgìr' Ùig'', is a civil parish and community in the west of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The Parish of Uig is one of the four civil parishes of the Isle of Lewis. It contains the district ...
, a civil parish on the western cost of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
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Uig, Snizort
Uig ( gd, Ùige ) is a village at the head of Uig Bay on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. In 2011 it had a population of 423.
Name
The name is thought to be derived from Old Norse '' vík'', which means ...
, a village and ferry port on the Trotternish peninsula, Isle of Skye, Highland Scotland
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Glenuig
Glenuig ( , gd, Gleann Ùige) is a small village in Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. It is around west of Fort William and from Ardnamurchan Point.
Geography
Glenuig is a tiny community of just over thirty folk lo ...
(Gleann Ùige), small village in Moidart, Lochaber, Highland
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Uigg, Prince Edward Island
Uigg is a settlement in Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The isl ...
, a settlement in Maritime Canada
Other uses
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Uíge
Uíge ( kg, Wizidi), formerly Carmona, is a provincial capital city in northwestern Angola, with a population of 322,531 (2014 census), and a municipality, with a population of 519,196 (2014 census), located in the province of the same name. I ...
, a provincial capital city in northwestern Angola
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Uyghur language
The Uyghur or Uighur language (; , , , or , , , , CTA: Uyğurçä; formerly known as Eastern Turki), is a Turkic language written in a Uyghur Perso-Arabic script with 8-11 million speakers, spoken primarily by the Uyghur people in the Xin ...
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