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Aird of Sleat

Àird Shlèite

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Meaning

the headland of Sleat


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG595007


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 &#126 headland; ON slétta &#126 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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