_Am port Leathach_ (am porsht layoch), The port at half [tide]. _Leath_ is half. _An Amilt_, or _An Amhuilt_ (ann amvilt). Name of a place; means the stratagem. _An Fhridh dhorch_ (an ree dorroch), the dark forest. _Fridh_, forest; _dorch_, dark. _An Groban._ See _Groban._ _An t' Eirthire Donn_. See _Eirthire Donn._ _Angus._ See _Aonghas._ _Aonghas_ (unnus), Angus, or Æneas, which last is nearer in sound to the Gaelic. _Applecross._ English name as now used. Colonel Robertson says it is for the Gaelic _Abercroisean_, or _Abhircroisean_, from _aber_, mouth, or confluence of; _croisean_, of troubles; or perhaps _croisean_ was the name of the little river. _Ardlair_ (ardlair), The mare's height or headland. _Aird_, a height; _lair_, a mare. _Ath nan ceann_ (arnankown), Ford of the heads. _Ath_, a ford; _ceann_, heads. Often written _Anagown_. _Aultbea_, should be spelt _Alltbeithe_ (arltbay), Burn of birches. _Allt_, a burn; _beath_, or _beith_, a birch. _Bac an Leth-choin_ (bark an lechun), Shelf of the crossbred dog. _Leth-choin_, a crossbred dog, a lurcher. _Bac_ is a shelf or flat on the side or top of a hill; in this case the name is popularly applied to the whole hill. _Bac Dubh_ (bark dhoo), Black shelf. _Bac_, a shelf or flat place among rocks or on a hill; _dubh_, black. _Bad_ (bat), a clump, a grove. _Bad a Chrotha_ (badachro). Full Gaelic spelling of Badachro, which see. _Bad a mhanaich_ (bat er vannich), Grove of the monk. See _Bad_. _Mhanaich_, possessive of _manach_, a monk. _Bad an t' Sluig_ (bat ant slook), Grove of the miry puddle. _Bad_, a grove; _sluig_, possessive of _slug_, a miry puddle. _Badachro_ (badachro), Grove of the cruive. _Bad_, a grove; _chro_, possessive of _cro_, a cruive, a fank. _Badfearn_, should be _Badfearna_ (batfern), Alder grove. _Fearn_, the alder tree. See _Bad_. The place has still a clump of alders. _Badluachrach_ (bat loocharar), Rushy clump. _Luachair_, rushes. _Baile na h' eaglais_ (bally-na-herkless), Town of the church, or Kirkton. _Baile_, a town; _eaglais_, a church. Compare _Ecclesia_. _Ballymeon_ (bally-mey-on), properly spelt _Baile-meadhon_, pronounced exactly the same. _Baile_, a town; _meadhon_, middle. _Anglicè_, Middleton. _Bard Mor an t' Slaggan_ (bart more ant slaggan), The great or big bard of Slaggan, which see. _Bard Sasunnach_ (bart Sassenach), English bard. _Sasunnach_, English, i.e. not a Gaelic speaker.