English / Map Form: Balmacara
Gaelic Form: Baile Mac Ara
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: KYLE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Balmacara
Gaelic Form: Baile Mac Ara
Language Notes
G nom. sg. baile, masc. 'town' + gen. pl. of Mac Ara, masc. patronymic = 'the farm of Ara's sons'.Element Meaning
G baile town; Mac Ara patronymic
Sources
| Balla-maccarra | 1554 RMS iv no. 969 |
| Ballimaccroy | 1548 RMS iv no. 204 |
| Ballacarras | 1681 RPS [1681/7/155] |
| Baile MacCarra | Watson in Dwelly 1912 |
| Baile mac Carra or possibly Baile mac Ara, Township of the sons of Carra or Ara. MacAra or MacCarra is a Perthshire name. |
Watson 1904, 185-186 |
| Baile Mac Carra | Robertson |
| Baile Mac Ara | previous signage |
Additional Information
It is not certain whether this represents a surname (MacAra) or a patronymic (Mac Ara). Since previous signage has Mac Ara, this has been chosen.