Turnave Hill
hill or mountain · Renfrewshire
GaelicSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
This name may derive from Gaelic 'Tòrr an Àthaich', meaning 'hill of the ford'. 'Tòrr' means 'hill' or 'mound', and 'àthach' relates to a ford or crossing place.
Word origins
- Torr
- Gaelichill, mound(from tòrr "hill, mound, heap")
- an
- Gaelicthe(from an "the")
- aich
- Gaelicford(from àthach "ford, crossing place")