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Piltdown

village · East Sussex

Old EnglishAI-generated

Piltdown is likely named after an Old English personal name and the word 'dun', meaning a hill. It suggests a hill associated with a person named Pil or Pyl.

Word origins

Pil
Old EnglishPersonal name(from Pyl "Personal name")
down
Old EnglishHill(from dūn "Hill")