English / Map Form: Skinidin
Gaelic Form: Sgianaidean
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
Postcode area: IV55
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: B884
English / Map Form: Skinidin
Gaelic Form: Sgianaidean
Language Notes
Possibly ON skjóni, masc. ‘dappled horse’ + obscure element.Element Meaning
possibly ON skjóni ~ dappled horse; obscure element
Sources
| Sgianaidin | Robertson |
| Skinidin,Skinidean, Sgianadain: | Forbes, 332 |
| bleached withered grass N. Skinni and dun | |
| [skʲiə̃nɪdʲən] | local source, Sgianaidean |
| Sgianaidean: [skʲiə̃nɪdʲən] | Cox ( local source) |