English / Map Form: Crinan
Gaelic Form: An Crìonan
Location: Mid-Argyll
Post Town: LOCHGILPHEAD
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Crinan
Gaelic Form: An Crìonan
Language Notes
G crìonan from adj. crìon, ‘withered’Element Meaning
G crìonan from crìon =‘withered’
Sources
| Grienen / Loch Grinen or Krinen | 1654 Blaeu map Knapdale |
| Crinan house | 1747-55 Roy |
| Crinan Pt / Greenan | 1856 Wood Admiralty Chart 2326 |
| Crìonan | 1912 Dwelly |
| kri:nan | Diack MS2276 |
| G Crìonan, ‘withered place’ | MacMillan 1960 |
| An Crìonan | Nils Holmer notebooks |