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Achnamara

Achadh na Mara

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Meaning

field of the sea


Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NR780872


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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