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Little Butterly Hill

hill or mountain

Old EnglishAI-generated

Little Butterly Hill is a descriptive name. 'Little' indicates its smaller size. 'Butterly' might refer to a hill where butterflies were common, or it could be a corruption of another word, possibly related to 'butter' in a dialectal sense.

Word origins

Little
Old Englishsmall
Butterly
Old Englishbutterfly or related term(from buterflēoge "butterfly")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")