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Little Morton Hill

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name refers to a small hill associated with a place called 'Morton'. 'Little' is a diminutive, and 'Morton' is an Old English name meaning 'farm by the moor'.

Word origins

Little
Old Englishsmall(from lȳtel "small")
Morton
Old Englishfarm by the moor(from mōr "moor, fen", tūn "farmstead, village")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")