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cnwch.

hillock, hummock, knoll

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/knuːχ/
  1. hillock, hummock, knoll

    masculine
  2. a swelling, lump, protuberance

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh cnwch, from Proto-Brythonic *knux, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”) (compare Breton krec'h, Irish cnoc). Doublet of cnwc, from Old Irish.

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