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Kenmore

A' Cheannmhor

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Meaning

the big head


Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NG757574


English / Map Form: Kenmore

Gaelic Form: A' Cheannmhor


Location: Wester Ross, Highland

Post Town: STRATHCARRON

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Kenmore

Gaelic Form: A' Cheannmhor


Language Notes

G nom. sg. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited nom. sg. ceann, masc. ‘head, end’ + nom. sg. masc. adj. mòr, ‘big’

Element Meaning

G ceann ~ head; mòr ~ big

Sources

Kenmore 1747-55 Roy
Kenmore 1820 Thomson
Kenmore 1850 Admiralty

Chart 2638

a’ Cheannmhor (pronounced a’ Cheannamhor) Wentworth
a’ Cheannmhor Watson 1904, 207
a’ Cheannamhor Robertson MS 357, 172
a’ Cheannamhor Fraser 2009
Sròn a’ Cheanna-Mhuir Current OS maps

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