Cnoc Buidhe
hill or mountain · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · 149m
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a yellow hill. 'Cnoc' is a common Gaelic word for a hill or a rounded mountain, and 'buidhe' means yellow.
Word origins
- Cnoc
- GaelicAttestedhill(from cnoc "hill, rounded mountain")
- Buidhe
- GaelicAttestedyellow(from buidhe "yellow")