Minch

minch English The + Etymology 1 en Proper noun the Minch en strait cc/Scotland, between the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides. en 1750 Francis Grant http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8W1GAAAAYAAJ A Letter to a Member of Parliament Concerning the Free British Fisheries 21 The best Place for a Staple [of herrings], would be at Stornway, in one of the Lewis Islands, which is a good Harbour, and there are many good Hands; also it lies open to the Minch, a Sea above sixty Miles over to the main Land of Scotland, to the Southward of which lies the Isle of Sky, … 1799, Revd. James Headrick, On the Practicability, and Advantages, of Opening a Navigation Between the Murray Firth at Inverness, and Loch Eil, at Fort William, section II Fisheries, from Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland, Volume 1, page 388: That extensive bason of sea, called the Great, and the Little Minch; bounded on the west, by that chain of islands, called the Long Island, because they seem but one, when viewed at a distance; on the east, by the indented shores of Scotland: from the butt of the Lewis, to the Mull of Kintire, never fails to be filled, every year, with an immense body of herrings. 1960, Ewan MacColl, BBC radio ballad Singing the Fishing (transcript): Come all you gallant fishermen,That plough the stormy seaThe whole year round,On the fishing groundsOf the Northern Minch and the Norway Deeps,On the banks and knolls of the North Sea holes,Where the herring shoals are found. Synonyms en North Minch Related terms en Little Minch Translations Russian: ru Норт-Минч m Scottish Gaelic: gd Maoil f a' Mhaoil Etymology 2 <dab!> Reduced form of en Minnish or en Minchin. Proper noun es en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Minch is the 14775th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2010 individuals. Minch is most common among White (94.93%) individuals. Further reading