Big Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 432m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Big Hill is a straightforward descriptive name combining the Old English 'micel' (large) with 'hyll' (hill). It denotes a large hill.
Word origins
- Big
- Old EnglishAttestedlarge(from micel "great, large")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")