Place Names Of Scotland
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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.
Author | : James Brown Johnston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
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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.
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.
Author | : W. F. H. Nicolaisen |
Publisher | : John Donald |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2011-03 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
ISBN | : 9781906566364 |
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.
Author | : Sir Herbert Maxwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
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Author | : William John Watson |
Publisher | : Edinburgh Blackwood 1926. |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Celtic languages |
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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.
Author | : James Brown Johnston |
Publisher | : Sagwan Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2018-02 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781376409444 |
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