English / Map Form: Ardrossan
Gaelic Form: Àird Rosain
Location: North Ayrshire
Post Town: ARDROSSAN
County: Ayrshire
Local Authority: North Ayrshire
English / Map Form: Ardrossan
Gaelic Form: Àird Rosain
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Àrd Trosain: Watson in Dwelly
Ard-trossain (= Ard Rosain?): Robertson
Ardrossan is ‘cape of little cape,’ a pleonasm: Watson 1926, 498
Additional Information
Although two of the forms give Trosain, this would necessarily be very close in pronunciation to Rosain and both Watson and Robertson queried the form.
Ardrossan Harbour ~ Caladh Àird Rosain
Ardrossan South Beach ~ Tràigh a Deas Àird Rosain
Ardrossan Town ~ Baile Àird Rosain