English / Map Form: St Andrews
Gaelic Form: Cill Rìmhinn
Location: Fife
Post Town: ST. ANDREWS
Postcode area: KY16
County: Fife
Local Authority: Fife
English / Map Form: St Andrews
Gaelic Form: Cill Rìmhinn
Genitive Form: Chill Rìmhinn
Language Notes
Element Meaning
corruption of G cinn ~ ends, heads; rìgh ~ king; monadh ~ moor
Sources
KilRiun: 1699 Lhuyd
Cill-r/ibhinn: MacKinnon
cill rīvinn, cill rìbhinn, the latter current at Inverey: Diack MS2276
Cill-rìmhinn: Robertson
