English / Map Form: Annan
Gaelic Form: Anainn
Location: Dumfries & Galloway
Post Town: ANNAN
County: Dumfriesshire
Local Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
English / Map Form: Annan
Gaelic Form: Anainn
Language Notes
Anainn obscure river-name element.Element Meaning
Anainn ~ river-name
Sources
| Anava | 7th C Ravenna |
| Estrahanent | 1124 (Charter by King David to Robert de Bruce – See Barrow) |
| Stratanant | 1152 (Early Scottish Charters) |
| vallum de Anant, aquae de Anant | 1147-53 Early Scottish Charters cxcix |
| Annandesdale | 1179 Glas. Reg. 51 |
| Anandesdale | 1181 Glas. Reg. 57 |
| Annandesdal | 1186 Glas. Reg. 62 |
| valle Anand | 1185-7 Glas. Reg 64 |
| vallis Anandie | 1143 Glas. Reg. 501 |
| vallis Annandie | 1145 Glas. Reg. 502 |
| Eadar Cataibh agus Anainn | Highland Sings of the Forty-five, John Lorne Campbell, 148 |
| Gleann Annainn | An Deo-greine 1919 Leabhar XV, p. 12 |
Additional Information
This is interpreted as genitive Anann by Gaelic speakers. Cf Annandale ~ Srath Anann.
See BLITON.