Scottish Place Names

Scottish Place Names
Author: George Mackay
Publisher: Waverley Books Limited
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2009
Genre: Gazetteers
ISBN: 9781902407876

Containing almost 2000 entries, a history and geography of Scotland. Towns, villages, islands, mountains, lochs and rivers of Scotland.

Place-Names of Scotland

Place-Names of Scotland
Author: Iain Taylor
Publisher: Birlinn Limited
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2011
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781780270050

Scotland is a land of many languages—Gaelic, Norse, Pictish, Brythonic, Anglo Saxon, Modern English and some from before recorded time. The result for the visitor is a confusing series of overlapping layers of place names, difficult to understand and often more difficult to pronounce. From Eass Forss (Waterfall Waterfall!) to Edinburgh (The Fort of Eidyn) for the first time in one place we have a simple reckoner to where means what with derivations. Packed with information this is an essential short guide by an expert to the names that shaped and still shape our history.

Celtic Place-names of Scotland

Celtic Place-names of Scotland
Author: William John Watson
Publisher: Birlinn Limited
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781841583235

First published in 1926, this remains the best and most comprehensive reference guide to the Celtic place-names of Scotland. This is the only paperback edition of this classic work, which is essential reading for anyone interested in Scottish history and the derivations of place names the length and breadth of the country. Many place-names date before the arrival of the Celts (the name 'Tay', for example, is almost certainly thousands of years old), and each successive group of invaders and settlers - Britons, Dalriadic Scots, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Picts and many others - constantly adding and enriching, leaving their own unique story in the landscape. The book is divided into sections dealing with early names, territorial divisions, general surveys of areas; it also looks at saints, church terms and river names. For the scholar, and indeed anyone interested in the subject, this book is a prime reference point which has never been surpassed.

Scottish Place-Names

Scottish Place-Names
Author: W. F. H. Nicolaisen
Publisher: John Donald
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Names, Geographical
ISBN: 9781906566364

A Dictionary of British Place-Names

A Dictionary of British Place-Names
Author: David Mills
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2011-10-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 019960908X

From Abbas Combe to Zennor, this dictionary gives the meaning and origin of place names in the British Isles, tracing their development from earliest times to the present day.

Scottish Place Names

Scottish Place Names
Author: Maggie Scott
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2008-03-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1845028228

The Scots language is a world of wonderful, historic and evocative words, full of a rich variety that can fit any occasion. And where better to find this use of Scots than in the land itself. In Scottish Place Names Maggie Scott of Scottish Language Dictionaries takes you around the country from Dumfries to Shetland to explain the meanings of the place names that make up today's Scotland. Through a trip to Scotland's towns and cities, up and down the hills and mountains, along the rivers and lochs, through the forests and glens, all the way around the Scottish coast and back to the names of the streets where we live today, Scottish Place Names is a fascinating, entertaining and informative guide to Scots language and to Scotland.

Place-Names of Scotland

Place-Names of Scotland
Author: James Brown Johnston
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2018-02
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781376409444

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