English / Map Form: Kilmelford
Gaelic Form: Cille Mheallart
Location: Mid-Argyll
Post Town: OBAN
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Kilmelford
Gaelic Form: Cille Mheallart
Genitive Form: Chille Mheallart
Element Meaning
G nom. sg. cill, fem. ‘church’ + lenited gen. sg. en. ON Meallart
Sources
| Kilmelfort | 1654 Blaeu Map Lorne |
| Kilmelphort | 1695 Retours (Argyle) 93 |
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Chille Melford (gen.) |
An Fhianuis, 1846, 376 |
| Melford… is pronounced Meil’arst | MacKinnon, 1880, ch. 6 |
| Meil’ar(s)t | Henderson 1910, 160 |
| Cill mhealaird | 1912 Dwelly |
| Meallart | Cox 2005, 85 |
| Meallart or Cill Mheallart | JM |