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Auchterarder

Uachdar Àrdair

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Location

Perth and Kinross

NN946124


English / Map Form: Auchterarder

Gaelic Form: Uachdar Àrdair


Location: Perthshire

Post Town: AUCHTERARDER

Local Authority: Perth and Kinross

English / Map Form: Auchterarder

Gaelic Form: Uachdar Àrdair


Language Notes

uachdar, 'upland' + Àrda(i)r (from Àrd + dobhar, 'high water')

Element Meaning

 

Sources

UaXkir arteX Diack Ms2276 [Informant was Donald Crerar, native of Amulree]
“Uachdar Aurdach” in Breadalbane / Uachdar Ardar Robertson MS372, 210
“Auchterarder is Uachdar Awrdrach in Breadalbane always” MS423 p. 20 MS note to p4 [Rev J. McIntosh Fort William whose mother was from Glenlyon.]
Aakhturairdur 1915 Lowland Scotch as spoken in the lower Strathearn district of Perthshire [Scots pronunciation]
Auchterarder is ‘upland of high water.’ Watson 1926, 454

Additional Information

Uachdar Àrdach seems to be a variant form. The derivation from dobhar is seen in early forms such as Achterairdor, Achterardour c. 1591 Pont map.

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