Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Sant Ninian, Trinnian, Truinnein, Ringan
Introduction
These names have long been argued to be the evolution of a Scots form of the name of St Ninian as "San(c)t Ninian", reabsorbed into Gaelic with a characteristic change of the consonant cluster -tn- to -tr- The name seems to have developed a "life of its own" as Truinnean in Gaelic and Ringan in Scots.
Gender
Male
Related Saints
Belongs to the group Ninian (ns) (certain)
Saint in place-names
Names
| Place known as | Name (plus degree of certainty that this saint is commemorated here) |
| Kilantringan, eccles., Colmonell AYR | Kilantringan (certain) |
| Killantringan, ~eccles., Portpatrick | Killantringan (certain) |
| St Ringan's Cairn, Fordoun | St Ringan's Cairn (certain) |
| St Ringan's Well, Kelton | St Ringan's Well (certain) |
Place-name data
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