Place-Names: A

PLACE-NAME	SUGGESTED MEANING
Afton Bridgend	One of original five 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’
PLACE-NAME	SUGGESTED MEANING

Abbreviations: G. Gaelic, S. Scots, SSE Standard Scottish English, W. Welsh