English / Map Form: East Suisnish
Gaelic Form: Suidhisnis an Ear
Location: Raasay, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: East Suisnish
Gaelic Form: Suidhisnis an Ear
Language Notes
ON obscure element + nom. sg. nes, neut. ‘promontory’Element Meaning
ON obscure element; nes ~ promontory
Sources
| Suisnis | 1596 RMS vi no. 453 |
| Swysnes | 1630 Retours (Inverness) no. 50 |
| Shuashnesmore, Shuashnesbeg | 1688 Retours (Inverness) no. 109 |
| Swinish | 1776 Mackenzie: South part |
| Swenish | 1820 Thomson |
| Suisnish | 1882 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Suishnish, Suisnis, seething point | |
| seethe-nes or nish | Forbes, 298, 417 |
| Suidhisnis | Sorley Maclean, Hallaig |