English / Map Form: Whinhill
Gaelic Form: Cnoc a’ Chonaisg
Location: Inverclyde
Post Town: GREENOCK
County: Renfrewshire
Local Authority: Inverclyde
English / Map Form: Whinhill
Gaelic Form: Cnoc a’ Chonaisg
Language Notes
G nom. sg. cnoc, masc. ‘hill’ + gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + gen. sg. of G conasg, 'whins, gorse'Element Meaning
G cnoc ~ hill; conasg ~ whin, gorse
Sources
| Whinny Hill | 1800 Ainslie Renfrew |
| Whin Hill | 1860 OS 6inch 1st edn [an actual hill] |
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