Hardgate
village · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Hardgate likely means 'the road or way leading to the hard ground'. It combines 'heard', meaning hard, with 'geat', meaning a gate or road.
Word origins
- heard
- Old EnglishAttestedhard(from heard "hard")
- geat
- Old EnglishAttestedgate, road(from geat "gate")
Historical forms
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