From: Larry Caldwell (lcaldwell cityofroseburg.org)
Subject: Monadknock

I was fascinated by monadnock. In Gaelic, a knock (cnoc) is a hill, and a mona is a bog. Monadnock would translate as "bog hill". I have often wondered if there was more communication across the North Atlantic than we know.

The definition of monadnock is an isolated mountain. The definition of monad is an indivisible unit (in the philosophy of Leibnitz). I think the word is a combination of Greek monos and Gaelic.