English / Map Form: Achnaba
Gaelic Form: Achadh nam Bà
Location: Ardchattan, Argyll
Post Town: OBAN
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Achnaba
Gaelic Form: Achadh nam Bà
Genitive Form: Achadh na Bà
Element Meaning
G nom. sg. achadh, masc. ‘field’ + gen. pl. fem. def. art. nam (before labials) + gen. pl. bò,
cow’
Sources
| Achnaba | c. 1591 Pont map 15 |
| Achnaba | 1597 Retours (Argyle) 4 |
| Auchnebay | 1669 Retours (Argyle) 79 |
| Achadh nam Bà | Robertson |
| Acha’ nam Bà | Holmer fieldwork notebooks |
| achadh na bà | Potts 2001, 21 |
| Achadh nam Bà | informant JM |