Failand Hill
hill or mountain · North Somerset · 164m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Failand Hill is an Old English name. 'Failand' may refer to a 'fallow field' or 'failed land', and 'Hill' denotes the terrain.
Word origins
- Failand
- Old Englishfallow field/failed land(from feallan "to fall", land "land")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")