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