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.
