List of Scottish Gaelic Place Names - Pre-1975 Counties

Pre-1975 Counties

English Scottish Gaelic Meaning or Notes
Aberdeenshire Siorrachd Obar Dheathain
Angus
(Forfarshire until 1928)
Siorrachd Aonghais
Argyll Earra-Ghàidheal
Ayrshire Siorrachd Inbhir Àir
Banffshire Siorrachd Bhanbh
Berwickshire Siorrachd Bhearaig
Caithness Gallaibh
Clackmannanshire Siorrachd Chlach Mhanainn
County of Bute Siorrachd Bhòid
Dumfriesshire Siorrachd Dhùn Phris
Dunbartonshire Siorrachd Dhùn Breatainn
East Lothian
(Haddingtonshire until 1921)
Lodainn/Labhdaidh an Ear
Fife Fìobha
Inverness-shire Siorrachd Inbhir Nis
Kincardineshire Siorrachd Chinn Chàrdainn
Kinross-shire Siorrachd Chinn Rois
Kirkcudbrightshire Siorrachd Chill Chuithbeirt
Lanarkshire Siorrachd Lannraig
Midlothian
(County of Edinburgh until 1890)
Meadhan Lodainn/Labhdaidh
County of Moray
(also known as Elginshire until 1918)
Moireibh
Nairnshire Siorrachd Inbhir Narann
Orkney Arcaibh
Peeblesshire Siorrachd nam Puballan
Perthshire Siorrachd Pheairt
Renfrewshire Siorrachd Rinn Friù
Ross and Cromarty Ros is Cromba
Roxburghshire Siorrachd Rosbruig
Selkirkshire Siorrachd Shailcirc
Zetland
(Shetland)
Sealtainn
Stirlingshire Siorrachd Shruighlea
Sutherland Cataibh
West Lothian
(Linlithgowshire until 1924)
Lodain/Labhdaidh an Iar
Wigtownshire Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Ùige

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