Knockmade Hill
hill or mountain · Renfrewshire
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name combines the Gaelic 'cnoc' (hill) with 'made', which could be a corruption of a Gaelic word or an English term. It refers to a hill with an unknown specific feature.
Word origins
- Knock
- GaelicAttestedhill(from cnoc "hill, mound")
- made
- Unknownunknown element