White Knowes
hill or mountain · South Ayrshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name refers to hills or mounds that are white in appearance. 'Knowes' is the plural of 'knowe', a dialectal term for a small hill or mound.
Word origins
- White
- Old Englishwhite(from hwīt "white")
- Knowes
- Scotssmall hills, mounds(from cnoc "hill, mound", -es "plural suffix")