English / Map Form: Aird of Sleat
Gaelic Form: Àird Shlèite
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A851
English / Map Form: Aird of Sleat
Gaelic Form: Àird Shlèite
Language Notes
G nom. sg. àird, fem. 'headland' + gen. sg. of en Slèite, 'Sleat' - see Sleat entry.Element Meaning
G àird ~ headland; ON slétta ~ a plain, or level field
Sources
| Ardlait | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
| aird of Sleat | 1666 RMS xi no. 902 |
| Aird of Sleat | 1881 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Aird Shleibhte, Ardlait, Ard Shleibht | Forbes 1923, 339 |
| àird Shlèite | Sorley Maclean, An t-Eilean |
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