PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |
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Afton Bridgend | One of original four villages that made up New Cumnock located at west side of the bridge over Afton Water. |
Afton Water, Glen Afton | Afton 1. W. afon ‘water, river’ G. abhainn ‘water, river’ Afton 2. G. abh ‘water’ G. donn ‘brown’ S. water ‘ burn < water < river’ S. glen ‘glen, valley’ |
Ail-, Al- | G. ail, al ‘rock of -‘ |
Alhang, Alhang Burn | G. al ‘rock, steep place’ + G. chumhang ‘narrow S. burn ‘stream’ |
Alwhat, Alwhat Burn | G. al ‘rock, steep place’ + G. chat ‘cat’ S. burn ‘stream’ |
Ashbeugh Glenn | G. easbuig ‘bishop’? |
Ashmark, Ashmark Hill | S. esche ‘ash-tree’ + S. mark ‘merk-land’ SSE hill ‘hill’ |
Auch-, Auchen-, Auchin- | G. achadh na ‘field of the –‘ |
Auchincally Hill, Auchincally Burn | G. achadh na ‘field of the’ + G. calliche ‘old wife’ SSE hill ‘hill, S. burn ‘stream’ |
Auchincross and Hall of Auchincross | G. achadh na ‘field of -‘ + 1. G. croisg ‘crossing over the ridge’ 2. G. croise ‘cross’ S. hall ‘residence of laird’ |
Auchingee | G. achadh na ‘field of the –‘ + 1. G. gaoth ‘wind‘ 2. G. geadh ‘goose’ |
Auchintow Hill | G. achadh na ‘field’ + G. toll ‘hollow’ SSE hill ‘hill’ |
Auchtitench Lane | Place-Name Auchtitench + S. lane ‘slow-moving stream’ G. ochdamh, ochtamh ‘an eighth part’ + G. teanga ‘tongue shaped land’ |
Auldnaw Burn and Auldnaw Glen | G. allt ‘stream with precipious banks’ + G. atha ‘kiln’ S. burn ‘stream’ S. glen ‘a valley traversed by a stream’ |
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Abbreviations: G. Gaelic, S. Scots, SSE. Standard Scottish English W. Welsh |