English Explanatory Dictionary

Milltimber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburb in south-west Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ8501).

Word forms

Milltimber

Etymology

According to Milne's Celtic Place-Names in Aberdeenshire (1912), from Scottish Gaelic "Meall Tuim Airidhe", meaning "hill of the hill of the shieling". Presumably influenced by mill and timber.

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