English / Map Form: Glen Conon
Gaelic Form: Gleann Conan
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Glen Conon
Gaelic Form: Gleann Conan
Language Notes
G nom. sg. gleann, masc. ‘glen’ + gen. or nom. sg. of river-name Conan = ‘Glen of (River) Conan’. The specific is not slenderised, which is consistent with its being a river-name, since these are rarely slenderised in gleann constructions.Element Meaning
G gleann ~ glen; Conan ~ river-name
Sources
| Connon, Conan, Conon | Forbes, 136 |
| Gleann Conon | Forbes, 222 |
| Gleann Conain | Forbes, 331 |
| Gleann Conan | local source, Sòdhaigh |
| Gleann Conan | local source, Sgianaidean |
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