Scottish Islands
| English | Scottish Gaelic | Meaning or Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ailsa Craig | Creag Ealasaid | |
| Baleshare | Baile Sear | |
| Barra Head Berneray |
Beàrnaraigh | |
| Barra | Barraigh, Eilean Bharraigh | |
| Benbecula | Beinn nam Fadhla | |
| Berneray, North Uist | Beàrnaraigh (na Hearadh) | |
| Bernera Great Bernera |
Beàrnaraigh (Ùig) Beàrnaraigh Mòr |
|
| Burnt Islands | Eilean Mòr Eilean Fraoich Eilean Buidhe |
"Large Island" "Heather Island" "Yellow Island" |
| Canna | Canaigh | |
| Coll | Cola | |
| Colonsay | Colbhasa | |
| Davaar Island Island Davaar |
Eilean Dà Bhàrr | |
| Easdale | Eilean Èisdeal | |
| Eigg | Eige | |
| Eilean Dubh Mòr | Eilean Dubh Mòr | "big black island" |
| Eilean Dubh Glen Caladh Island |
Eilean Dubh | "Black Island" |
| Ellenabeich | Eilean nam Beitheach | "island of the birchwoods" |
| Eriskay | Èirisgeigh | |
| Fair Isle | Eilean nan Geansaidh | |
| Flodaigh | Flodaigh | |
| Fraoch-eilean | Fraoch-eilean | |
| Gigha | Giogha | |
| Grimsay, South East Benbecula | Griomasaigh | |
| Grimsay (north) | Griomasaigh | |
| Harris | Na Hearadh | |
| Inner Hebrides | Na h-Eileanan a-staigh | |
| Iona | Ì Ì Chaluim Chille |
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| Islay | Ìle | |
| Isle of Arran Arran |
Arainn | |
| Isle of Bute Bute |
Eilean Bhòid Eilean Bhòdach Bòd |
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| Isle of Jura Jura |
Diùra | |
| Isle of Mull Mull |
Muile | |
| Lewis and Harris | Leòdhas agus na Hearadh | |
| Lewis | Leòdhas | |
| Lismore | Liosmòr | |
| Muck | Eilean nam Muc | |
| North Uist | Uibhist a Tuath | |
| Orkney | Arcaibh | |
| Outer Hebrides | Na h-Eileanan Siar | |
| Raasay | Ratharsair | Sometimes, Ratharsaigh, but this is incorrect |
| Rum | Rùm | |
| Scalpay, Inner Hebrides | Sgalpaigh | |
| Scalpay, Outer Hebrides | Sgalpaigh (na Hearadh) | |
| Shetland | Sealtainn | |
| Skye | An t-Eilean Sgitheanach | |
| South Uist | Uibhist a Deas | |
| St Kilda | Hiort | The same name is used for the main island of the group. |
| The Black Isle | An t-Eilean Dubh | |
| Tiree | Tioridh | |
| Vatersay | Bhatarsaigh |
Read more about this topic: List Of Scottish Gaelic Place Names
Famous quotes containing the words scottish and/or islands:
“We’ll never know the worth of water till the well go dry.”
—18th-century Scottish proverb, collected in James Kelly, Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs, no. 351 (1721)
“Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not let a couple of Irishmen have a private sparring- match on one of them, as it is a government monopoly; all the great seaports are in a boxing attitude, and you must sail prudently between two tiers of stony knuckles before you come to feel the warmth of their breasts.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)