English / Map Form: Slaggan Bay
Gaelic Form: Camas an t-Slagain
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: ACHNASHEEN
County: Ross and Cromarty
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Slaggan Bay
Gaelic Form: Camas an t-Slagain
Language Notes
G nom. sg. camas, masc. ‘bay’ + nom. sg. masc. adj. mòr, ‘big’ + Slagan’ = the gen. sg. masc. def. art. an (with t- before sibilants) + gen. sg. slagan masc, unclear meaningElement Meaning
G camas ~ bay; slagan unclear meaning
Sources
Slaggan Bay | 1857 Admiralty
Chart 2509 |
Slaggan = a’ Slagan, gen. An t-Slagain | Wentworth |
an Slagan odhar | Watson 1904, 237 |
Slagan | Dixon, 1886, xxxix |
Camas Mòr an t-Slagain | MacRobbie |
Additional Information
Allt an t-Slagain empties into this bay.