Country: | Scotland |
Official Name: | Breivig |
Gaelic Name: | Brèibhig |
Label Position: | left |
Static Image Name: | Brevig Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 624119.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Breivig Harbour |
Language: | Scottish Gaelic |
Language1: | English |
Os Grid Reference: | NB481391 |
Coordinates: | 58.269°N -6.295°W |
Civil Parish: | Stornoway |
Unitary Scotland: | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Western Isles |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Constituency Westminster: | Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
Post Town: | ISLE OF LEWIS |
Postcode Area: | HS |
Postcode District: | HS2 |
Dial Code: | 01851 |
Breivig[1] (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Brèibhig) is a village on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Breivig is within the parish of Stornoway.
According to Magne Oftedal's 'The Village Names of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides' (Oslo, 1954), the name Brèibhig is derived from the Old Norse Breiðvík ('broad bay').