Kilnair Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 328m
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name likely refers to a hill associated with a kiln. 'Kiln' is Old English for a furnace, and 'air' might be a corruption of 'ear' (earth) or 'eorþ' (land), or possibly a reference to a specific type of kiln.
Word origins
- Kiln
- Old Englishkiln, furnace, oven(from cyln "kiln")
- Air
- UnknownPossibly 'ear' (earth) or 'eorþ' (land), or a specific type of kiln.
- Hill
- Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")
Historical forms
Cilne · Chilne