Editing Isle of Lewis (section)

==Name==
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|[[Scots Gaelic]]:|| {{lang|gd|Eilean Leòdhais}}
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|Pronunciation:||{{IPA|gd|elan ˈʎɔːəʃ||Eilean Leodhais.ogg}}
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|[[Scots Gaelic]]:|| {{lang|gd|Eilean an Fhraoich}}
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|Pronunciation:||{{IPA|gd|ˈelan ən̪ˠ rˠɯːç||Eilean an Fhraoich.ogg}}
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The [[Scottish Gaelic]] name {{lang|gd|Leòdhas}} may be derived from [[Old Norse|Norse]] {{lang|non|Ljoðahús}} ('song house'),<ref name="Scottish Parliament">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf |title=Placenames |author=Iain Mac an Tailleir |publisher=Pàrlamaid na h-Alba |access-date=23 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926234316/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesK-O.pdf |archive-date=26 September 2011 }}</ref> although other origins have been suggested – most notably the Gaelic {{lang|gd|leogach}} ('marshy').<ref>[[W.H. Murray|Murray, W.H.]] (1966) ''The Hebrides''. London. Heinemann. p. 173.</ref> It is probably the place referred to as [[wikt:λίμνη|{{lang|grc-Latn|Limnu|nocat=yes}}]] by [[Geographia|Ptolemy]], which also means 'marshy'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romanmap.com/htm/nomina/insula/Eirimon.htm |title=The Roman Map of Britain|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127115218/http://romanmap.com/htm/nomina/insula/Eirimon.htm |archive-date=27 November 2013 }}</ref> It is also known as the ''Isle of Lewis'' (Gaelic: {{lang|gd|Eilean Leòdhais}}). Another name usually used in a cultural or poetic context is {{lang|gd|Eilean an Fhraoich}} ('Heather Isle'),<ref name="Scottish Parliament"/> although this refers to the whole of the island of [[Lewis and Harris]].