knaughaan

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish cnocán, equivalent to knaugh +‎ -aan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔːxaːn/, /ˈnaxaːn/, /nɔˈkaːn/

Noun

knaughaan

  1. hillock, butt
    Synonyms: knockeen, mothee

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 50
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