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Queensberry

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 697m

MarilynGrahamDonald
Old EnglishAI-generated

This name likely derives from an Old English personal name, 'Cwen's beorg', meaning 'Cwen's hill' or 'Cwen's fortified place'. The 'Queens' element is a later Anglicisation.

Word origins

Queens
Old Englishof the queen(from cwen "queen")
berry
Old Englishhill, fortified place(from beorg "hill, fortified place")