knaughaan

Yola

Alternative forms

• knaugane, knaghane, knagane, knockane

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔːˈɡɔːn/, /nɔˈkɔːn/

Noun

knaughaan

1. hillock, butt

   Synonyms: knockeen, mothee

Derived terms

• o'noghanes

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