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Mellion Muir

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

Mellion Muir likely combines Old English 'mæle' (speech, talk) or a personal name with 'eg' (island or land by water). 'Muir' is Scots for moorland.

Word origins

Mellion
Old Englishuncertain, possibly related to speech or a personal name(from mæle "speech, talk")
Muir
Scotsmoor, waste land(from mōr "moor")