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Thunderslap Hill

hill or mountain · Moray · 522m

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name may derive from the Old English 'þunor' (thunder) combined with a word like 'slæp' or 'slap', possibly meaning 'gap' or 'pass'. It could refer to a hill with a pass or gap associated with thunder.

Word origins

Thunder
Old Englishthunder(from þunor "thunder")
slap
Old Englishgap, pass(from slæp / slap "gap, pass")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")