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Gillie Hill

hill or mountain · Northumberland

Old EnglishAI-generated

Gillie Hill likely derives from an Old English personal name, 'Gille', possibly of Gaelic origin, combined with 'hyll' meaning hill. It refers to a hill associated with a person named Gille.

Word origins

Gillie
Old EnglishA personal name(from Gille "A personal name, possibly of Gaelic origin")
hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")