English / Map Form: Raasay
Gaelic Form: Ratharsair
Location: Inner Hebrides, Highland
Post Town: KYLE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Raasay
Gaelic Form: Ratharsair
Sources
| Rasay, terras de Rarsay | 1596 RMS vi no. 453 |
| Rarsay | 1630 Retours (Inverness) no. 50 |
| Raarsa | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
| Rasay | 1688 Retours (Inverness) no. 109 |
| Raza I | 1804 Heather |
| Ràarsa | Dwelly 1912 |
| Roe isle raa, row, ey island | Forbes, 286 |
| Raarsaigh, Rathasa, Raarsa, Ratharsair | |
| Ratharsair | Sorley Maclean, An Cuilitheann |
| Ratharsàigh | Wentworth, 618 |
| [ra-ɑʂe] or [ra-ɑse] | local source Sòdhaigh |
Additional Information
Cox notes that Ratharsair is the local form, with Ratharsaigh the non-local form. The Sòdhaigh source confirmed this.