knockeen

Yola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔˈkiːn/

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