English / Map Form: Merkland Wood
Gaelic Form: Coille na Mairge
Location: Arran, Firth of Clyde
Post Town: BRODICK
County: Ayrshire
Local Authority: North Ayrshire
English / Map Form: Merkland Wood
Gaelic Form: Coille na Mairge
Language Notes
G nom. sg. coille, fem. ‘woodland’ + fem. gen. sg. def. art. na + gen. sg. + gen.sg. marg, fem. ‘merkland’Element Meaning
G coille ~ woodland; marg ~ merkland
Sources
Merkland
Additional Information
Cf. Fraser 1999, 89-90
Given the existence of marg, on Arran in the form of Margnaheglish and Marganess. It would seem reasonable to posit the form Coille na Mairge.
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