Outertown
hamlet · Orkney Islands
Old EnglishAI-generated
Outertown is an Old English name meaning 'the outer town or settlement'. It likely referred to a settlement lying outside a more central or important one.
Word origins
- Out
- Old Englishouter(from ūt "out")
- town
- Old Englishtown, settlement(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village, town")
Historical forms
Outertoun