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Shiant Islands

Na h-Eileanan Sianta

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Location

Inverness-shire

Western Isles

HS2

NG424978


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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