English / Map Form: Sanna
Gaelic Form: Sanna
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: ACHARACLE
Postcode area: PH36
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Sanna
Gaelic Form: Sanna
Element Meaning
ON sandr ~ sand; á ~ river
Sources
| Sand | 1747-55 Roy |
| Sanna | 1820 Thomson |
| Sana | 1852 Admiralty Chart 2507 |
| Sanna | 1912 Bartholomew Atlas |
Sanna MS369 Robertson Collection, 44
Sand = Sannda Dwelly 1912
G Sana.. Norse.. sandr, sand and ey, an island Henderson 1915, 161
Additional Information
Although Sanna is a settlement, there is a Sanna Island, presumably Eilean Shanna (See Henderson 1910, 160). Rather than ON á ‘river’, oy, ‘island’ is more likely as the generic, although Allt Sanna does exist.
