English / Map Form: Kildonan
Gaelic Form: Cill Donnain
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A850
English / Map Form: Kildonan
Gaelic Form: Cill Donnain
Genitive Form: Chill Donnain
Language Notes
G nom. sg. cill, fem. ‘church’ + gen. sg. of Donnan, masc. personal name = ‘Donnan’s Church’Element Meaning
G cill ~ church; Donnan ~ personal name
Sources
| Kildonan | 1881 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Cill Donnan | Watson in Dwelly |
| Kildonan (Cille Donnan) | Forbes, 224 |
| Domnàn / Cill Donnàin | Watson 1926, 165, 283 |
| Cill Donnain | local source, Sòdhaigh |
| Cill Donnan | local source, Sgianaidean |
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