English / Map Form: King's Cave
Gaelic Form: Uamh an Rìgh
Location: Arran, Firth of Clyde
Post Town: BRODICK
County: Ayrshire
Local Authority: North Ayrshire
English / Map Form: King's Cave
Gaelic Form: Uamh an Rìgh
Language Notes
G nom. sg. uamh, masc. ‘cave’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. an, + gen. sg. rìgh masc. ‘king’Element Meaning
G uamh ~ cave; rìgh ~ king
Sources
Kings Coves 1814 Yule
Uamh an Righ: Currie, 1908, 64
*Uamh an Rìgh Fraser 1999, 131 (implied)
Additional Information
See Fraser for old forms and pronunciation.
