Earlish

Earlais

Meaning

?Earl's river mouth

Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV51

NG382614

English / Map Form: Earlish

Gaelic Form: Earlais

Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: PORTREE

Postcode area: IV51

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Earlish

Gaelic Form: Earlais

Element Meaning

ON Earl ~ personal name

Sources

Arlios 1820 Thomson
Earlais: ear means east and is on west side of Trotternish Forbes, 51
Earlais Robertson

Additional Information

See B. Gordon (1964:86-87) who discusses the possibility of the second element being ON nes.