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Lochbank Hill

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 216m

GaelicAI-generated

This name combines the Gaelic word 'loch' meaning a lake or sea inlet with the Old English word 'banc' meaning a bank or slope. It likely refers to a hill with a bank or slope situated near a loch.

Word origins

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