Meikle White Hill
hill or mountain · West Dunbartonshire
ScotsSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Meikle White Hill describes a large, pale-coloured hill. 'Meikle' is Scots for large or great, and 'White Hill' refers to its colour, possibly due to chalk, quartz, or light-coloured vegetation.
Word origins
- Meikle
- ScotsAttestedlarge, great(from micel "great")
- White
- Old EnglishAttestedwhite, pale(from hwit "white")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")