| Place Name |
Meaning |
| Aros (N. ar-os) |
river mouth |
| Backs (G. na bacan) |
(peat) banks |
| Ballivain (G. bail' a' mheadhoin) |
middle-township |
| Ballygreggan (G. bail' a' chreagain) |
rocky township |
| Ballygroggan (G. bail' a' chrogain) |
claw, paw township |
| Ballywilline (G. bail' a' mhuilinn) |
mill-township |
| Balnagleck (G. bail' na glaice) |
the small-valley township |
| Bealloch |
a pass |
| Chiscan (G. seasceann) |
boggy land |
| Cloehkeil (G. clach gheal) |
white stone |
| Craigs |
rocks |
| Dalivaddy (G. dail a' mhadaidh) |
the place of the wolf (or dog) |
| Darlochan (G. doire-Iochan) |
grove lochan |
| Drum |
ridge |
| Drumlemble |
the ridge of the elms |
| Durry (G. doire) |
a grove |
| Kilehenzie |
the cell of Cainneach (Kenneth) |
| Kilkivan |
the cell of Coivan (Kevin) |
| Killipole (Callyburn) (G. coille) |
wood-pool |
| Kilmaho |
the cell of Mochoe |
| Kilmichael |
St. Michael's cell |
| Knockhanty (G. Cnoc shean-tighe) |
the hill of the old house |
| Knoek Scalbert (G. Cnoc + N. Skalli bolstadr) |
the hill of Skalli's (Baldy's)
homestead |
| Langa (N.) |
long water (river) |
| Largiemore (G. an leargach mhor) |
big hill-slope |
| Lossit (G. losaid) |
a kneading-trough |
| Machrihanish (G. machair + sanish) |
possibly noisy grazing-place (from the surf) |
| Moy (G. maigh) |
a plain |
| Oatfield (G. ach' a' chorca) |
field of the oats |
| Ranachan (G. raineachan) |
bracken |
| Strath (G. srath) |
a plain beside a river |
| Tirfergus |
the land of Fergus |
| Tonrioch (G. ton riabhach) |
brindled bottom-part |
| Torchoillean |
wood-hill |
| Trodigal (N. trodi-gill) |
sheep-pen ravine |
| Uisaed (N. Ulf-setr) (pronounced
"ooset") |
Ulf's farm |
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