Dunans

Na Dùnanan

Meaning

the little forts or fort-like hills

Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG468706

English / Map Form: Dunans

Gaelic Form: Na Dùnanan

Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: PORTREE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A855

English / Map Form: Dunans

Gaelic Form: Na Dùnanan

Language Notes

G masc. nom. pl. def. art. na + nom. pl. of dùnanan, masc. ‘little fort’ = ‘the little forts or fort-like hills’

Element Meaning

G dùnanan ~ little forts

Sources

L. nan Dùnan 1912 Bartholomew Atlas
Dunan, little fort or hillock Forbes, 161
An Dùnan local source, Sgianaidean
[duːnəns] local source, Sòdhaigh

Additional Information

There is also Dunan / An Dùnan at NG585278 to which Forbes probably refers. Nearby the site in question is Loch nan Dùnan suggesting a diminutive plural as seen in the name.