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.