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Craigieburn Hill

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

GaelicAI-generated

Craigieburn Hill is a hybrid name. 'Craigie' is Gaelic for 'rocky hill'. 'Burn' is from Old English or Scots for a stream. The name likely refers to a rocky hill with a stream.

Word origins

Craigie
Gaelicrocky hill(from creag "rock, crag", -ie "diminutive or possessive suffix")
burn
Old Englishstream(from burna "stream")