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Sandy Hillock

hill or mountain · Aberdeenshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

This place name refers to a small hill composed of sand. It combines the Old English word for sand with the diminutive suffix '-ock' and the word for hill.

Word origins

Sandy
Old Englishsandy(from sandig "sandy")
Hillock
Old Englishsmall hill(from hylloc "small hill")