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Meikle White Hill

hill or mountain · West Dunbartonshire

ScotsAI-generated

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
Scotslarge, great(from micel "great")
White
Old Englishwhite, pale(from hwit "white")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")