Editing Fortrose (section)

== Names ==
Fortrose was historically known as the ''Chanonry of Ross'', as it was where the [[Canon (title)|canons]] of Fortrose Cathedral made their homes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fortrose|publisher=Am Baile – Highland History and Culture|url=https://www.ambaile.org.uk/asset/588/|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref> It is still known in Gaelic as {{lang|gd|A' Chananaich}}, meaning "place of canons".<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-Names of Ross and Cromarty|date=1904|last=Watson|first=W. J.|location=Inverness|publisher=Northern Counties Printing & Publishing Co.|page=128|url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofross00watsuoft/page/128}}</ref>

The origin of the name ''Fortrose'' is uncertain. One possibility is that it came from nearby Chanonry Point and originally meant the [[headland]] ({{lang|gd|ros}}) of the [[Fortriu]],<ref>{{cite book |last=McGuigan |first=Neil |date=2021 |title=Máel Coluim III, 'Canmore': An Eleventh-Century King |location=Edinburgh |publisher=John Donald |isbn=9781910900192 |page=59}}</ref> a local ethonym.<ref name="UGlas">{{cite web |last1=Rhys |first1=Guto |date=2015|title=Approaching the Pictish language: historiography, early evidence and the question of Pritenic |url=http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6285/7/2015RhysPhD.pdf |page=155|website=University of Glasgow |publisher=University of Glasgow}}</ref> Compare the etymology of [[Montrose, Angus|Montrose]] in [[Angus (Scotland)|Angus]]. The locals pronounce the name {{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɔːr|t|r|oʊ|z}}, with the stress on the first syllable.