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Bank Hill

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 530m

Old EnglishAI-generated

This is a straightforward descriptive name for a hill that is also a bank or slope. It combines the Old English words for 'bank' and 'hill'.

Word origins

Bank
Old Englishslope, embankment(from banc "slope, bank")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")