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Cnoc na Sgine

hill or mountain · Argyll and Bute

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a hill associated with a knife or a sharp object. 'Cnoc' means hill, and 'sgine' is the genitive singular of 'sgian' meaning knife.

Word origins

Cnoc
Gaelichill(from cnoc "hill")
na
Gaelicof the(from na "of the")
Sgine
Gaelicknife(from sgian "knife", -e "genitive singular suffix")