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Kiltersan Hill

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

GaelicAI-generated

This name likely refers to a hill associated with a place called 'Tersan'. 'Kil-' is often from Gaelic 'cill' (church, cell), and 'Tersan' could be a personal name or a descriptive term.

Word origins

Kil
Gaelicchurch, cell(from cill "church, cell")
Tersan
UnknownPossibly a personal name or descriptive term.
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")