Editing Thurso (section)

==Etymology==
Originally Thurso was known by the Celtic name of {{lang|xpi|tarvodubron}} meaning "bull water" or "bull river"; similarly [[Dunnet Head]] was {{lang|xpi|tarvedunum}} standing for "bull fort" and the name of the town name may have its roots there. Norse influence translated its name to {{lang|non|Thjorsá}}, then altered it to {{lang|non|Thorsá}}, based on the deity of [[Thor]] and translating as (the place on) Thor's River.<ref>{{cite book |first=John |last=Field |title=Discovering Place Names |year=1984 |publisher=Shire Publications |isbn=978-0852637029 }}</ref><ref name=Mills>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A. D. |title=Thurso |section=A Dictionary of British Place Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |access-date=10 June 2015 |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086-e-12964 |url-access=subscription |isbn=978-0199609086 }}</ref>

The local [[Scots language|Scots]] name, {{lang|sco|Thursa}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotslanguage.com/books/view/1/823/Names%20in%20Scots%20-%20Places%20in%20Scotland |title=Scottish Place Names in Scots |publisher=Scots Language Centre |access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref> derives from the Norse, as does the modern [[Scottish Gaelic]] {{lang|gd|Inbhir Theòrsa}}. {{wikt-lang|gd|inbhir|Inbhir}} means a river mouth, and is generally found as ''Inver'' in many anglicised names.