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Doughnot Hill

hill or mountain · West Dunbartonshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name may derive from Old English 'doh' meaning 'dough' or 'soft earth' and 'hnutu' meaning 'nut', possibly referring to a soft hill with nut-bearing trees. Alternatively, 'hnutu' could refer to a prominent point or summit.

Word origins

Dough
Old Englishsoft earth, mud(from doh "soft earth, mud")
not
Old Englishnut, or a prominent point(from hnutu "nut")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")