English / Map Form: Shiant Islands
Gaelic Form: Na h-Eileanan Sianta
Location: Western Isles
Post Town: STORNOWAY/ISLE OF LEWIS
Postcode area: HS2
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Western Isles
English / Map Form: Shiant Islands
Gaelic Form: Na h-Eileanan Sianta
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G eileanan ~ islands; mòr ~ big
Sources
In na h-Eileanan Sianta, the Shiant Isles, i.e. ‘ the holy isles,’: Watson 1926, 253
the Shiant Isles, G. na h-Eileanan Sianta, the Charmed Isles. Watson 1904, lxiv
Na h-Eileanan Sianta: Watson in Dwelly [headform is ‘Charmed Isles’]
Eileanan Sianta: DASG fieldwork archive
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