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Fonab

Fonn an Aba

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Meaning

the land of the abbot


Location

Perth and Kinross

NN934565


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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