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Sanna

Sanna

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Meaning

sand river


Location

Highland

PH36

NM447694


English / Map Form: Sanna

Gaelic Form: Sanna


Location: Lochaber, Highland

Post Town: ACHARACLE

Postcode area: PH36

County: -- Select a county --

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Sanna

Gaelic Form: Sanna


Element Meaning

ON sandr ~ sand; &aacute ~ 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.

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