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Cnoc na Croiche

hill or mountain · Argyll and Bute

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a hill of the gallows. 'Cnoc' means hill, and 'croiche' is the genitive singular of 'croch', meaning gallows.

Word origins

Cnoc
Gaelichill(from cnoc "hill")
na
Gaelicof the
Croiche
Gaelicof the gallows(from croch "gallows")