Brown Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 476m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name describes a hill that is brown in colour. The Old English word 'brūn' means brown, and 'hyll' means hill.
Word origins
- Brown
- Old EnglishAttestedbrown(from brūn "brown")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")