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Knockmulloch Hill

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

GaelicAI-generated

This name combines the Gaelic 'cnoc' (hill) with 'mulloch', which may refer to a 'mullach' (summit) or a 'muileach' (place of mules). It describes a hill with a summit or associated with mules.

Word origins

Knock
Gaelichill(from cnoc "hill, mound")
mulloch
Gaelicsummit or place of mules(from mullach "summit", muileach "place of mules")