knockeen

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Etymology

knock (“hill”) +‎ -een (“from Irish -ín, diminutive suffix”)

Pronunciation

Noun

knockeen

  1. A little hill.
    Synonyms: knaughaan, mothee
    • GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY
      In Irish, knockeen means a little hill.

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 38
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