Cnoc Sgitheag
hill or mountain · Argyll and Bute
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Cnoc Sgitheag means 'hill of the hawthorn'. 'Cnoc' is hill, and 'Sgitheag' is the Gaelic word for hawthorn.
Word origins
- Cnoc
- GaelicAttestedhill(from cnoc "hill, mound")
- Sgitheag
- Gaelichawthorn(from sgitheag "hawthorn")
Historical forms
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