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")