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Loch Hill

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

GaelicAI-generated

This is a straightforward descriptive name. 'Loch' is the Gaelic word for a lake or sea inlet, and 'Hill' is a later English addition, indicating a hill associated with a loch.

Word origins

Loch
Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake, sea inlet")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")