English / Map Form: Achany
Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Chanaich
Location: Ardgay ~ Àird Ghaoithe
Post Town: Ardgay ~ Àird Ghaoithe
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Achany
Gaelic Form: Achadh a' Chanaich
Language Notes
G nom. sg. achadh, masc. ‘field’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. of G canach, masc. ‘cotton sedge’ = ‘field of the cotton sedge’Element Meaning
Sources
| Auchanne | 1553 Sutherland Charters (from OPS) |
| Auchannye | 1564 RSS vol 5 no. 1704 |
| Auchannye | 1566 RSS vol 5 no. 2718 |
| Auchannye x2 | 1566 Sutherland Charters no 103 |
| Achany | 1820 Thomson |
Abhadh-a-chanaich, (sic) field of the moss cotton: MacKay Sutherland Place-names TGSI XX 1895
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