Mudcat Café message #2769077

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Thread #51026 Message #2769077
Posted By: MartinRyan
19-Nov-09 - 06:44 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
Subject: RE: Origins: Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe

See earlier in the thread : A Knowe is of course a rounded hill.

My instinct is that it is related to the Gaelic word "cnoc", meaning hill or mountain - but I'll need to check.

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