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Knockie Hill

hill or mountain · Aberdeenshire

GaelicAI-generated

This name is a redundant form, combining the Gaelic 'cnoc' (hill) with the English 'Hill'. 'Knockie' itself means 'little hill'.

Word origins

cnoc
Gaelichill(from cnoc "hill")
ie
Gaelicdiminutive suffix(from -ín "small")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")