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Clinton's Pool

lake or loch · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name likely refers to a pool associated with a person named Clinton. Clinton is an Old English place-name meaning 'settlement on a cliff'.

Word origins

Clinton
Old Englishsettlement on a cliff(from clif "cliff", tun "settlement, farmstead")
Pool
Old Englishpool, pond(from pōl "pool")

Historical forms

Clinton