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Benbecula (; (スコットランド・ゲール語:Beinn nam Fadhla),〔Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) (''Placenames'' ). (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 20 August 2008.〕 or '〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Benbecula - Beinn na Faoghla )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Benbecula )〕 ) is an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2011 census it had a usually resident population of 1,303, with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It forms part of the area administered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar or the Western Isles Council.
==Etymology==
The first written record of the name is as "Beanbeacla" in 1449.〔("Benbecula" ). Encyclopedia.com quoting Mills, A.D. (2003) ''A Dictionary of British Place-Names''. Retrieved 16 April 2011.〕 Historically this name is assumed to derive from ''Peighinn nam Fadhla'' (pronounced (:pʰe.ɪɲəmˈfɤːlˠ̪ə)) "pennyland of the fords" as the island is essentially flat.〔 Phonetically being highly similar to the unstressed form of ''Beinn'' ( "mountain", this appears to have been subject to folk etymology or re-analysis, leading to the modern forms containing ''Beinn'' rather than ''Peighinn''. Through a process of language assimilation, the sequence has resulted in the modern pronunciation of . The spelling variations ''faola'' and ''fadhla'' are due to phonetic merger of with in certain Gaelic dialects. Some of the spelling variants include: ''Beinn a' Bhaoghla, Beinn na Faoghla, Beinn na bhFadhla, Beinn nam Fadhla, Beinn nam Faola...''
The second element is a loan from Norse ''vaðil(l)'' "ford" which was borrowed as Gaelic ''fadhail'' (genitive ''fadhla'').〔Oftedal, M. ''The Gaelic of Leurbost'' Norsk Tidskrift for Sprogvidenskap 1956〕 Through the process of reverse lenition ''fadhla'', with the ethnonymic suffix ''-ach'' has led to the formation of ''Badhlach'' "a person from Benbecula".
Other interpretations that have been suggested over the years are ''Beinn Bheag a' bhFaodhla'', supposedly meaning the "little mountain of the ford" and ''Beinn a' Bhuachaille'', meaning "the herdsman's mountain".〔
The island is also known in Gaelic poetry as ''An t-Eilean Dorcha'' "the dark island". The well-known tune ''The Dark Island'' was written by accordionist Iain MacLachlan from Benbecula.

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