There are several islands called Linga, or similar names, in Scotland. "Linga", in the Northern Isles, and sometimes "Lingay" and "Lingeigh" in the Hebrides, is a common name for an island, and occurs most frequently in Shetland. It is derived from the old Norse lyngey meaning 'heather island'. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent is Eilean Fraoch or Fraoch Eilean.
Shetland Linga, Bluemull Sound (near Gutcher and Yell) Linga, Busta Voe Linga, Scalloway Islands Hogg of Linga Linga, Vaila Sound Linga (near Vementry) Linga, Yell Sound Linga Skerries Off Whalsay West Linga Calf of Linga, West Linga Little Linga Calf of Little Linga East Linga Calf of Linga, East Linga Linga Skerries in South Nesting Bay off Mainland, Shetland Urie Lingey off Fetlar
Orkney Off Stronsay Linga Holm (off St Catherine's Bay) Little Linga, Stronsay (off Links Ness) Off Auskerry Linga Skerries
Hebrides Lingay, Fiaray north of Barra and west of Eriskay Lingay, Killegray south east of Killegray in the Sound of Harris Lingeigh in the Bishop's Isles, south of Barra Lingay, Wiay off Benbecula Langay or Langaigh, an islet north of Lingay, Killegray and east of Killegray in the Sound of Harris Lingay Fhada north of Fuiay and Barra, and south west of Hellisay Garbh Lingay also north of Fuiay and Barra, and south west of Hellisay Lingeam (from Norse "Lyng Holm") Lingeigh, North Uist south east of Boreray
Similar names There are also a number of Scottish islands with similar names, including:
Langa, Shetland, off Hildasay, Shetland Longa, near Gairloch in Wester Ross Longa Skerry, off West Linga, Shetland Longay off Skye Luing in the Slate Islands Luinn, (the Gaelic for Luing) Lunga, Treshnish Isles off Mull Lunga, Firth of Lorn in the Slate Islands, Argyll Lunna Holm off Yell, Shetland
See also Linga (disambiguation) List of islands in Scotland
References Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate.