English / Map Form: Cairnbaan
Gaelic Form: An Càrn Bàn
Location: Mid-Argyll
Post Town: LOCHGILPHEAD
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Cairnbaan
Gaelic Form: An Càrn Bàn
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. càrn, masc. ‘cairn or hill’ + G nom. sg. masc. adj. bàn, ‘white’ = ‘the white hill’Element Meaning
càrn ~ cairn or hill; + bàn ~ white
Sources
| Carnbaan | 1750 Dorret |
| Carnbaan | 1804 Langlands |
| Carnbaan | 1849 Admiralty Chart 2477 |
càrn bàn: Potts 2001, 34