Pollokshaws
suburban area · Glasgow City
GaelicAI-generated
Pollokshaws is a combination of 'Pollok' (likely from Gaelic 'poll cnoc', meaning 'hollow of the hill') and 'shaws', which may refer to a small wood or copse.
Word origins
- Pollok
- Gaelichollow of the hill(from poll cnoc "hollow of the hill")
- shaws
- Old Englishsmall wood, copse(from sceaga "thicket, copse")
Historical forms
Pollokshaws