Torpenhow Hill

Torpenhow Hill

Infobox Mountain
Name = Torpenhow Hill
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Elevation = 200 metres
Location = Cumbria, England
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Grid_ref_UK = NY206390
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Translation = Hillhillhill Hill
Language = Brythonic, Anglo-Saxon, English
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Torpenhow Hill is a hill about 200 metres above sea level in Cumbria in north west England on the side of which the village of Torpenhow is situated, close to the A595 between Cockermouth and Carlisle. The hill is located at gbmapping|NY206390.

Its main claim to fame is that its name is a tautology: "Tor", "pen", and "how" all mean "hill" in different languages; the first two are Brythonic and the last Anglo-Saxon. Therefore "Torpenhow Hill" means "Hillhillhill Hill". The theory is that successive residents took the previous residents' name for the hill and added their own word for hill.

The local pronunciation of "Torpenhow" is IPAEng|ˈtrʊpənə.

ee also

* List of tautological place names
* Etymology of Cumbrian Place Names


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