Meikle Wood Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
ScotsSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a large wooded hill. 'Meikle' is Scots for large or great, and 'Wood Hill' indicates a hill covered with trees.
Word origins
- Meikle
- ScotsAttestedlarge, great(from micel "great")
- Wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwood, forest(from wudu "wood")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")