Scottish Place-Name Society, the Glossary
The Scottish Place-Name Society (Comann Ainmean-Áite na h-Alba in Gaelic) is a learned society in Scotland concerned with toponymy, the study of place-names.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba, English Place-Name Society, Learned society, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland, Toponymy, Viking Society for Northern Research, William J. Watson.
- Archaeology of Scotland
- Learned societies of Scotland
- Scottish studies
- Scottish toponymy
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ("Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland") is the national advisory partnership for Gaelic place names in Scotland. Scottish Place-Name Society and Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba are Scottish toponymy.
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English Place-Name Society
The English Place-Name Society (EPNS) is a learned society concerned with toponomastics and the toponymy of England, in other words, the study of place-names (toponyms). Scottish Place-Name Society and English Place-Name Society are Archaeological organizations.
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Learned society
A learned society (also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.
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Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland
The Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland (SNSBI) is a registered charity and a learned society of members with interests in proper names, including place-names, personal names, and surnames relating to the British Isles.
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Toponymy
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types.
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Viking Society for Northern Research
The Viking Society for Northern Research is a group dedicated to the study and promotion of the ancient culture of Scandinavia.
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William J. Watson
William John Watson FRSE LLD (1865 – 9 March 1948) was a toponymist, one of the greatest Scottish scholars of the 20th century, and was the first scholar to place the study of Scottish place names on a firm linguistic basis.
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See also
Archaeology of Scotland
- Abertay Historical Society
- Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
- Archaeological sites in Scotland
- Archaeology Scotland
- Atlantic roundhouse
- Audrey Henshall
- Ballachulish figure
- Breadalbane Brooch
- Bronze Age Scotland
- Buckquoy spindle-whorl
- Canmore (database)
- Crannog
- Dun (fortification)
- Galloway Hoard
- Glasgow Archaeological Society
- Gutter Sound
- Headland Archaeology
- Heights of Brae Hoard
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Iron Age Scotland
- Kildalton Cross
- Lewis chessmen
- National Monuments Record of Scotland
- National Trust for Scotland
- Newbridge chariot
- Orkney Antiquarian Society
- Patrickholme bone bead
- Pictish art
- Pictish stones
- Prehistoric Scotland
- Rhind Lectures
- Scotland in the Early Middle Ages
- Scottish Archaeological Journal
- Scottish Place-Name Society
- Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
- St. Fillan's Crozier
- Storr rock hoard
- Sueno's Stone
- Talnotrie Hoard
- Timeline of prehistoric Scotland
- Unstan ware
- Wheelhouse (archaeology)
Learned societies of Scotland
- Botanical Society of Scotland
- Classical Association of Scotland
- Edinburgh Geological Society
- Edinburgh Mathematical Society
- Egyptology Scotland
- English-Speaking Union Scotland
- Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
- Inverness Field Club
- Orkney Antiquarian Society
- Orkney Natural History Society
- Paisley Philosophical Institution
- Plinian Society
- Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
- Royal Scottish Academy
- Royal Scottish Geographical Society
- Royal Scottish Society of Arts
- Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
- Scottish Economic Society
- Scottish History Society
- Scottish Meteorological Society
- Scottish National Dictionary Association
- Scottish Place-Name Society
- Scottish Record Society
- Scottish Text Society
- Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
- Stair Society
- The Rankenian Club
- The Select Society
- Wernerian Natural History Society
- Young Academy of Scotland
Scottish studies
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Journal of Scottish Historical Studies
- School of Scottish Studies
- Scottish Place-Name Society
- Scottish studies
- Susan Manning (professor)
Scottish toponymy
- Acarsaid
- Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
- Albania (placename)
- Etymology of Aberdeen
- Etymology of Edinburgh
- Etymology of Scotland
- Etymology of Skye
- Hebrides
- List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles
- Northern Isles
- Rocabarraigh
- Scotticism
- Scottish Gaelic place names
- Scottish Place-Name Society
- Scottish island names
- Scottish place names in other countries
- Scottish toponymy
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Place-Name_Society
Also known as Journal of Scottish Name Studies, The Journal of Scottish Name Studies.