English / Map Form: Eddrachillis
Gaelic Form: Eadra Chaolais
Location: Sutherland, Highland
Post Town: LAIRG
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Eddrachillis
Gaelic Form: Eadra Chaolais
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G eadar ~ between; dhà ~ two; caolas ~ channel, narrows
Sources
Eadarachaolas: Am Feillire 1875, 29
Eddrachillis itself means “between the two kyles” – the. sound of ao in caolas being pronounced in this district in such a way as to be fairly represented in English by i long.: MacKinnon
Eadar-dà-chaolais: Watson in Dwelly
Eadra-chaolais for Eadar-dha-chaolais, ‘between two kyles’: Watson 2001 1906, 64
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