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Balmacaan

Baile Mac Cathain

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Meaning

the farm of the sons of Cathan


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NH501284


English / Map Form: Balmacaan

Gaelic Form: Baile Mac Cathain


Location: Inverness area, Highland

Post Town: INVERNESS

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A82

English / Map Form: Balmacaan

Gaelic Form: Baile Mac Cathain


Language Notes

G nom. sg. baile, masc. `town' + gen. pl. Mac Cathan, patronymic = `the town of the sons of Cathan'.

Element Meaning

G baile ~ farm; Mac Cathain ~ the sons of Cathan

Sources

Baile Mac Cathain Watson 1926, 238
Baile MacCathain Dieckhoff 1932

Additional Information

GNLC principle 5.11 says that this should be Mac Cathain, with a space, if considered a patronymic, or it is not clear. In this case it is not clear. Watson 1926 considers it a patronymic `stead of the sons of Cathan’.

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