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Knockbrack

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

GaelicAI-generated

The name combines the Gaelic 'cnoc' (hill) with 'brack', which is likely a descriptive term, possibly meaning 'speckled' or 'mottled'.

Word origins

Knock
Gaelichill(from cnoc "hill, mound")
brack
Gaelicspeckled, mottled(from breac "speckled, spotted")