English / Map Form: Achnamara
Gaelic Form: Achadh na Mara
Location: Knapdale, Argyll
Post Town: LOCHGILPHEAD
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Achnamara
Gaelic Form: Achadh na Mara
Language Notes
G nom. sg. achadh, masc. ‘field’ + fem. gen. sg. def. art. na + gen. sg. muir, gen. (in this case), ‘sea’ = ‘field of the sea’Element Meaning
G achadh ~ field; muir ~ sea
Sources
Achnamara 1747-55 Roy’s Map
Achadh na mara ‘seafield’: MacMillan 1960
Ach na mara but Ach nam marbh, 60 years ago (i.e. c. 1850): Robertson
Ach’ na Mara: Holmer fieldwork notes
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