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Woundales Hill

hill or mountain · North Yorkshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

The name may derive from the Old English 'wund', meaning wounded or injured, possibly referring to a place where an animal was wounded. This is combined with 'dal', meaning valley, and 'hyll', meaning hill.

Word origins

Woundales
Old Englishwounded valley(from wund "wounded, injured", dal "valley")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")