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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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knockeen

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

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  • 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