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Back Tor

hill or mountain · Derbyshire/Sheffield · 538m

Ethels
Old NorseAI-generated

This name combines 'back', possibly referring to a secondary or rearward position, with 'tor', an Old Norse word for a rocky peak.

Word origins

Back
Old Norserear, secondary(from bakki "bank, ridge")
Tor
Old Norserocky peak(from thorr "rocky peak")

Historical forms

Backtor