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 |