Scotland's Place-namesLike the Scottish landscape, Scotland's place-names have a marvellous variety, and every name is loaded with meaning. This work gives explanations for hundreds of names. It traces back parts of names to their Celtic, Gaelic or Old English roots, so that readers can unravel the meanings of local area and landscape names. |
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Aberdeenshire anglicised Angus appears Argyll Ayrshire became becomes Borders Bridge Brittonic word cairn Cairngorm called Celtic century church comes common course cross derivation describe discussed district Dumfries earlier early East East Lothian Edinburgh element England English word equivalent etymology example fact familiar farm field Fife Firth Gaelic word gives Glasgow Glen head Highlands hill hollow Inverness involves Ireland island isle king known land language later Latin least less literally Loch looks Lothian Lowland meaning meant moor mountain nearby Ness obvious occurs Old English origin pass personal name Perthshire place-names plain possibly prefix probably pronounced rath reference ridge River Ross Scotland Scots Scottish seems sense settlement similar slope sometimes spelling stone stream Sutherland taken takes tends term thought town usually valley village wood
Bibliographic information
| Title | Scotland's Place-names Heritage Collection |
| Author | David Philip Dorward |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Mercat Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 1873644507, 9781873644508 |
| Length | 171 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |