Editing Great Cumbrae (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Blaeu - Atlas of Scotland 1654 - BUTHE INSULA - The Isle of Bute.jpg|thumb|[[Johan Blaeu]]'s map of [[Isle of Bute|Bute]] and surrounds]]
The Cumbraes take their name from the [[Old Norse]] ''Kumreyjar'', meaning "islands of the [[Cymry]]" (referring to the [[Cumbric]]-speaking inhabitants of southern Scotland). They are referred to under this name in the Norse ''[[Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar|Saga of Haakon Haakonarson]]''.<ref>{{cite thesis|title=Ethnonyms in the Place-Names of Scotland and the Border Counties of England|last=Morgan|first=Ailig|date=2013|degree=PhD|publisher=St Andrews University|page=45|hdl=10023/4164 |url=https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/4164}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Brittonic Language in the Old North: A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence (Volume 2)|last=James|first=Alan|date=2019|publisher=Scottish Place-Name Society|page=85|url=https://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary_2019_Edition.pdf}}</ref>

In the 16th century the island was known as Cumbray and its neighbour Little Cumbrae is recorded as Cumbray of the Dais.<ref name=Munro>Munro (1961) p. 48, quoting the Sibbald Manuscript of Monro (1549)</ref> [[Johan Blaeu]]'s 17th century ''Atlas Maior'' refers to the Cumbraes as "Kumbra Moir" and "Kumbra Beg",<ref>[https://maps.nls.uk/view/108520464 "Buthe Insula"]''Atlas Maior''. (1662-5) '''6'''. National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 16 March 2024.</ref> which is evidently anglicised Gaelic for Great and Little Cumbrae. Later in that century [[Martin Martin]] refers to "Cumbrae the greater, and the lesser".<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.appins.org/martin.htm |last=Martin |first=Martin |title=A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland |publisher=Appins |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313003106/http://www.appins.org/martin.htm |archive-date=13 March 2007}}</ref>

In modern Gaelic these two islands are known as ''Cumaradh Mòr'' and ''Cumaradh Beag''.<ref>{{Gaelic Placenames}}</ref>