Argyll
Argyll, sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. The county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975 and most of the area now forms part of the Argyll and Bute council area.
- County with about 64,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 450 feet (140 metres)
- Description: historic shire of western Scotland; heartland of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata, encompassing Knapdale, Kintyre, and the Inner Hebrides
- Also known as“Argyle”“Argyll County”“Argyllshire”“County of Argyll”“Dalriada heartland”“MacTavish country”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Innis Chonnell and Dalavich Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalavich and Eredine.
Eredine
Hamlet
Eredine is a settlement on the east shore of Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Argyll
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Latitude
56.2517° or 56° 15′ 6″ north
Longitude
-5.2514° or 5° 15′ 5″ west
Open location code
9C8P7P2X+MC
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Argyll” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أرجايل”
- Armenian: “Արրգայլ”
- Azerbaijani: “Arqayl”
- Basque: “Argyll”
- Belarusian: “Аргайл”
- Breton: “Argyll (kontelezh)”
- Breton: “Earra-Ghàidheal”
- Breton: “Kontelezh Argyll”
- Bulgarian: “Аргйлшире”
- Catalan: “Argyll”
- Cebuano: “Argyllshire”
- Chinese: “亞皆老郡”
- Chinese: “阿格爾郡”
- Chinese: “阿盖尔”
- Chinese: “阿盖尔区”
- Chinese: “阿盖尔郡”
- Chinese: “阿蓋爾”
- Chinese: “阿蓋爾區”
- Chinese: “阿蓋爾郡”
- Czech: “Argyll”
- Danish: “Argyll”
- Dutch: “Argyll”
- Finnish: “Argyll”
- French: “Argyle”
- French: “Argyll”
- Galician: “Argyll”
- German: “Argyll”
- German: “Argyllshire”
- Greek: “Άργκαϊλ”
- Hebrew: “ארגייל”
- Hebrew: “ארגיילשייר”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ארגייל”
- Irish: “Earra-Ghàidheal”
- Irish: “Earra-Ghàidhlig”
- Italian: “Argyll”
- Italian: “Argyllshire”
- Japanese: “アーガイル (イギリス)”
- Japanese: “アーガイルシャー”
- Japanese: “アーギルシャイア”
- Kurdish: “Argyll”
- Latin: “Argathelia”
- Latin: “Argyll”
- Latin: “Ergadia”
- Latvian: “Ārgaila”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Argyle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Argyll”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Argyllshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Argyll”
- Norwegian: “Argyll”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Arregaðel”
- Ossetian: “Аргайл”
- Persian: “آرگایل”
- Persian: “آرگیل”
- Polish: “Argyll”
- Portuguese: “Argyleshire”
- Portuguese: “Argyll”
- Portuguese: “Argyllshire”
- Portuguese: “Earra-Ghàidheal”
- Portuguese: “Ergadia”
- Russian: “Аргайл”
- Russian: “Аргайль”
- Scots: “Argyll”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Earra-Ghàidheal”
- Serbian: “Аргајл”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Argyll”
- Slovenian: “Argyle”
- Slovenian: “Argyll”
- Slovenian: “Argyllshire”
- Spanish: “Argyll”
- Spanish: “Argyllshire”
- Swedish: “Argyllshire”
- Ukrainian: “Аргайл”
- Ukrainian: “Арґайл”
- Venetian: “Argyll”
- Welsh: “Argyll”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ardchonnell and Inverinan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barr Mor, dun site and Innis Chonnel, Crannog.
Argyll and Bute: Highlights
Learn more about Oban and Campbeltown.
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