Ardmore
English
Etymology
From Irish Ard Mór (or Aird Mhór) and Scottish Gaelic Aird Mhòr, meaning "great height".
Proper noun
Ardmore
- A promontory on the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, between Helensburgh and Cardross (OS grid ref NS3178) [1]
- A hamlet in Ross-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7086).
- A hamlet and ferry port on Barra, Western Isles council area, Scotland, otherwise named Àird Mhòr (OS grid ref NF7203).
- A locality on South Uist, Western Isles council area, otherwise Àird Mhôr (OS grid ref NF7946). [2]
- A number of points and bays in Highland and Argyll and Bute council areas.
- A village and seaside resort in County Waterford, Ireland, otherwise named Aird Mhór.
- A townland in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland.
- A village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
- Townlands in County Antrim, County Fermanagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
- A hamlet in the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, Alberta, Canada.
- A neighbourhood in North Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Limestone County, Alabama, bordering onto Ardmore, Tennessee.
- A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Prince George's County, Maryland.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Macon County, Missouri.
- A historical district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma
- An unincorporatedcommunity and census-designated place in Delaware County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Fall River County, South Dakota.
- A city in Giles County and Lincoln County, Tennessee, bordering onto Ardmore, Alabama.
- A rural locality with an airfield south-east of Auckland, New Zealand. [3]
References
- Gazetteer for Scotland
- OS: South Uist
- NZ Topo Map