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Kilchoan

Cille Chòmhain

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Meaning

Còmhan’s Church


Location

Highland

NM485635


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

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