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Pen-y-ghent

hill or mountain · North Yorkshire · 694m

MarilynHewittNuttall
BrittonicAI-generated

Pen-y-ghent is a hill whose name means 'the hill at the head of the ridge' or 'the prominent hill'.

Word origins

Pen
Brittonichead, top, hill(from penno- "head, top")
y
Brittonicthe(from i "the")
ghent
Brittonicridge, prominence(from gent "ridge")