Portgiskey [cove] (EN) / Porth Kyski (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
Mevagissey
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

Kyski

This refers to the name of a person: 
name

porth

Meaning: 
cove, gate, harbour
Elements notes: 
<porth> ‘cove, enterance, landing place’ + <Kyski> personal name <Cetcu> (Gover, The Place-Names of Cornwall, 1948, p. 710)
Historic forms: 
Portgiskey (Mevagissey) 1888 (OS 1888)