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Chapel Hillock

hill or mountain · Aberdeenshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name refers to a small hill with a chapel on or near it. 'Chapel' derives from Old English 'capel' (small church), and 'hillock' is a diminutive of 'hill'.

Word origins

Chapel
Old Englishchapel(from capel "chapel")
Hillock
Old Englishsmall hill(from hyll "hill", -oc "diminutive suffix")