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Maol Chnoc

hill or mountain · Highland

GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a rounded hill or peak that is also described as a knoll. 'Maol' means a bare, rounded hill, and 'Cnoc' is the Gaelic word for a hill or knoll.

Word origins

Maol
Gaelicbare rounded hill(from mal "bald, bare")
Cnoc
Gaelichill, knoll(from cnoc "hill, knoll")