English / Map Form: Finzean
Gaelic Form: Finnean
Post Town: BANCHORY
Postcode area: AB31
County: Aberdeenshire
Local Authority: Aberdeenshire
English / Map Form: Finzean
Gaelic Form: Finnean
Sources
Fīnngyaun; Fīng-yan Diack MS2276
“Pronounced Fingen… While Fingen is the general pronunciation, it is to be noted that with old speakers a palatal n can still be heard in this name, giving a sound like feeng-yen, the same as the Gaelic sound noted by Diack.” Alexander, 1952, p. 277
