English / Map Form: Edinbane
Gaelic Form: An t-Aodann Bàn
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A850
English / Map Form: Edinbane
Gaelic Form: An t-Aodann Bàn
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an (with t- before vowels) + nom. sg. aodann, masc.‘face’ + nom. sg. masc. adj. bàn, ‘white’ = ‘the white (hill) face’.Element Meaning
G aodann ~ face; bàn ~ white
Sources
Tuddinban | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
Edinban | 1820 Thomson |
Edin = Aodann | Dwelly 1912 |