Ardmore.
A promontory on the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, between Helensburgh and Cardross (OS grid ref NS3178)
Meaning & usage
A promontory on the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, between Helensburgh and Cardross (OS grid ref NS3178)
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).
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 number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: A historical district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, named after Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Haverford Township, Delaware County and Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fall River County, South Dakota.
A number of places in the United States: 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.
Where this word comes from
From Irish Ard Mór (or Aird Mhór) and Scottish Gaelic Aird Mhòr, meaning "great height". See further Old Irish - and Old Irish -.
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