English / Map Form: Knock
Gaelic Form: An Cnoc
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A851
English / Map Form: Knock
Gaelic Form: An Cnoc
Language Notes
G nom. sg. masc. def. art. an + nom. sg. cnoc, masc. ‘hill’Element Meaning
G cnoc ~ hill
Sources
Knock bay | 1666 RMS xi no. 902 |
Knock | Knock 1776 Mackenzie: South part |
Knock | 1804 Heather |
An Cnoc | Dwelly 1912 |
cnoc | Watson 1926, 139 |
Cnoc, A Chnic, Knocko | Forbes, 381 |
[kʰrõʰk] | local source, Àrnasdal |