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Laggan

An Lagan

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Meaning

little hollow


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

PH34

NN293971


English / Map Form: Laggan

Gaelic Form: An Lagan


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: SPEAN BRIDGE

Postcode area: PH34

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A82

English / Map Form: Laggan

Gaelic Form: An Lagan


Language Notes

G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. lagan, masc. 'little hollow'

Element Meaning

G lagan ~ little hollow

Sources

Achadrym Laggan ? c. 1590 Pont map 5
Lagan acidrom 1636-52 Gordon 5
Laggan Achadrom 1745 Herman Moll’s ‘The West Part of Inverness’
Laggan Lochs 1873 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
An Lagan Dwelly 1912
LAGGAN, or LAGGAN ACHADROM Ellice, 51
as it used to be called
Lagan Watson 1926, 276
Lagan Achaidh Droma informant TM

Additional Information

There are two forms of this name: An Lagan and Lagan Achaidh Droma. The first is the generic name. The second is the older, longer name. Informant TM who stated that this was the name that he would use, and the name as he understood it, but perhaps younger speakers might be unaware of it. See under Kyle of Lochalsh for principles on simplex vs. names with specifics.

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