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Gool Knowe

hill or mountain · Scottish Borders · 524m

Old EnglishAI-generated

Gool Knowe is likely a descriptive name from Old English. 'Gool' might refer to a pool or a specific feature, and 'knowe' is a dialectal term for a hill or knoll.

Word origins

Gool
Old EnglishPossibly a pool or a descriptive term(from gōl "unknown, possibly related to 'gōl' (pool)")
Knowe
Old Englishhill, knoll(from cnōl "a rounded hill, knoll")