Twatt, Shetland

Twatt
Twatt
	Road sign pointing to Twatt
	Twatt Location within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU327532
Civil parish	Sandsting;
Council area	Shetland;
Lieutenancy area	Shetland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHETLAND
Postcode district	ZE2
Dialling code	01595
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland;
Scottish Parliament	Shetland;
	List of places UK Scotland 60°15′47″N 1°24′29″W / 60.263°N 1.408°W

Twatt is a settlement in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It is located on the Shetland Mainland on a minor road that leads from the A971 road to Clousta, north of Bixter. The settlement is within the parish of Sandsting.^[1]

The settlement name originates from the Old Norse þveit, meaning 'small parcel of land'.^[2] The Norse word commonly produces in England the place name element Thwaite.^[3]^[4]

The name Twatt is similar to the common English expletive twat, a vulgar word for vulva and also an insulting term meaning a weak or contemptible individual. For this reason, Twatt remains a source of amusement to people from outside the parish. Its name featured at no. 4 of the most vulgar sounding names in Rude Britain, along with its Orkney namesake.

References

^ "Details of Twatt". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
^ "thwaite". Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam. 1913. OCLC 800618302. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010). "Glossary". The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. p. xlviii. ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7.
^ Smith, A. H. (1962). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 7. Cambridge University Press. p. 284.

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[1] "Details of Twatt". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[2] "thwaite". Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam. 1913. OCLC 800618302. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[3] Watts, Victor, ed. (2010). "Glossary". The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. p. xlviii. ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7.

[smith-4] Smith, A. H. (1962). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 7. Cambridge University Press. p. 284.

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