English / Map Form: Kilchoan
Gaelic Form: Cille Chòmhain
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: ACHARACLE
County: -- Select a county --
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A8007
English / Map Form: Kilchoan
Gaelic Form: Cille Chòmhain
Genitive Form: Chille Chòmhain
Language Notes
G nom. sg. cill, fem. ‘church’ + lenited and slenderised gen. sg. of Còmhan, masc. personal name = ‘Còmhan’s Church’.Element Meaning
G cill ~ church; Còmhan ~ personal name
Sources
| Killhoan | 1630 Geog. Coll. ii, 167 |
| Kilchoan | 1695 Retours (Argyll) no. 93 |
| Kilichoan | 1804 Heather |
| Kilhoan | 1912 Bartholomew Atlas |
| Cille Chòmhain | previous signage |
| Cille Chòmhain | informant IM |