Blairock Hill
hill or mountain · North Ayrshire
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Blairock Hill may derive from Gaelic words for 'plain' or 'field' and 'rock'. It describes a rocky plain or field on a hill.
Word origins
- Blai
- GaelicAttestedplain, field(from blàr "plain, field")
- rock
- GaelicAttestedrock(from creag "rock, crag")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")