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Kilninver

Cill an Inbhir

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Meaning

church of the confluence


Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NM824217


English / Map Form: Kilninver

Gaelic Form: Cill an Inbhir


Location: Argyll

Post Town: OBAN

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Kilninver

Gaelic Form: Cill an Inbhir


Genitive Form: Chill an Inbhir

Language Notes

nom. sg. G cill, fem. ‘church’ + masc. gen. sg. art. an + gen. sg. inbhir, masc. ‘confluence’

Element Meaning

G cill ~ church; inbhir ~ confluence

Sources

Kyllivinor 1250 Reg. de Passalet, 134
Kylnynvir 1558 Lochnell Charters
Killychmynewyr 1580 Coll. De Reb. Alb. P. 13 (from OPS)
Killyninvir 1580 Ardchattan Charters
Kilninvar 1631 Retours (Argyle) 40
Kilninware 1636 Retours (Argyle) 57
Killiniver (vel Killininver) 1697 Retours (Argyle) 96

Cill an Inbhir JM
Cill an inbhir 1912 Dwelly

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