Loch of Greenhill
lake or loch · Orkney Islands
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
The name is likely Old English, with 'loch' meaning a lake or sea inlet, and 'Greenhill' referring to a green-coloured hill.
Word origins
- Loch
- Old Norselake, sea inlet(from lōkr "brook, stream, lake")
- Greenhill
- Old EnglishAttestedgreen hill(from grēne "green", hyll "hill")