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Knocktimpen

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

GaelicAI-generated

The name begins with 'cnoc', the Gaelic word for hill. 'Timpen' is likely a Gaelic term, possibly a personal name or a descriptive element referring to a specific feature of the hill.

Word origins

Knock
Gaelichill(from cnoc "hill, knob")
timpen
Gaelicuncertain, possibly personal name or descriptive