Uig is a village at the head of Uig Bay on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. In 2011 it had a population of 423. The name is thought to be derived from Old Norse vík, which means bay or inlet. Borrowed via Germanic intermediary *wīkō from Latin vīcus, Uig shares etymological roots with placenames such as Wick, Highland; …Uig is a village at the head of Uig Bay on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. In 2011 it had a population of 423. The name is thought to be derived from Old Norse vík, which means bay or inlet. Borrowed via Germanic intermediary *wīkō from Latin vīcus, Uig shares etymological roots with placenames such as Wick, Highland; Vik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland; the suffix -wich, and the word village itself.
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