Balnacoil Hill
hill or mountain · Highland
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Balnacoil Hill is likely a Gaelic name. 'Bal' means settlement or farmstead, and 'nacoil' could be a personal name or a descriptive term, possibly related to 'cnoc' (hill).
Word origins
- Bal
- GaelicAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from baile "town, settlement, farmstead")
- nacoil
- GaelicAttesteduncertain, possibly personal name or related to 'cnoc'(from cnoc "hill")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")
Historical forms
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