Pabbay, an island in Barra parish, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, 1¾ mile NNE of Mingala, 2½ miles SSW of Sandera, and 6½ S of Barra island. With a length of nearly 1½ mile and an utmost breadth of 1 mile, it chiefly consists of a gneiss hill, rising to a height of 800 feet above sea-level, and presents a somewhat precipitous face to the W. Pop. (1871) 24, (188l) 26.
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