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")