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King's Cave

Uamh an Rìgh

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Location

Ayrshire

North Ayrshire

NR883309


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)

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See Fraser for old forms and pronunciation. 

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