English / Map Form: Fonab
Gaelic Form: Fonn an Aba
Location: Perth & Kinross
Post Town: PITLOCHRY
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Fonab
Gaelic Form: Fonn an Aba
Language Notes
G nom. sg. fonn, masc. ‘land’ + G gen. sg. masc. def. art. an + gen. sg. aba, masc. ‘abbot’ = ‘the land of the abbot’Element Meaning
G fonn ~ `land’; aba ~ abbot
Sources
Fonab | 1649 Rentall of the County of Perth |
Fon n-ab(a) | Robertson Collection MS 372, 106 |
Fonn ‘n aba | Robertson Collection MS 373, 27 |
Fonn-an-aba | ‘land of the abbot’ Robertson’s Gaelic Topography, 326 |
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