English / Map Form: Aird Point
Gaelic Form: An Àird
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: ACHNASHEEN
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Aird Point
Gaelic Form: An Àird
Language Notes
G nom. sg. fem. art. an + nom. sg. àird, fem. ‘promontory, headland’Element Meaning
G àird ~ promontory, headland
Sources
|
Aird Pt. 1857 Admiralty
Chart 2509 |
| ?Aird Dixon, 1886, xxvii |
an Àird, gen. sg. na h-Àirde = Wentworth
Additional Information
The English name is tautological = ‘the point point’
