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Fortrose

A' Chananaich

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Meaning

canonry


Settlement

Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH727564


English / Map Form: Fortrose

Gaelic Form: A' Chananaich


Location: Black Isle & Mid-Ross

Post Town: FORTROSE

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A832

English / Map Form: Fortrose

Gaelic Form: A' Chananaich


Genitive Form: na Cananaich

Language Notes

G fem. nom. sg. def. art. a’ (leniting and slenderising) + nom. sg. cananach, fem. `canonry’

Element Meaning

G fem. nom. sg. def. art. a’ (leniting and slenderising) + nom. sg. cananach, fem. `canonry’

Sources

 

Chanrie c. 1620 Pont text 126v
Chanonry of Ross 1493 RSS i no. 22
Chanrie 1654 Blaeu map (Moray)
Fortrose or Chanonry 1820 Thomson

A’ Chananaich, the Chanonry, lit. place of canons. Watson 1904, 128

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