Lammermuirs

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A range of upland hills stretching across the Scottish Borders and East Lothian in southeastern Scotland
2. An upland chain of hills in southeastern Scotland, spanning parts of the Scottish Borders and East Lothian
3. A ridge of moorland hills in the south-east of Scotland, lying across the Scottish Borders and East Lothian

Etymology: The Lammermuirs are a range of rolling hills in the Scottish Borders and East Lothian, and the name is a plural form of "Lammermuir," which belongs to the hills as a whole. Lammermuir itself is the name of a single upland tract, so "Lammermuirs" is the plural used for the range as a group of hills rather than one summit. The second half of the name is the familiar Scots and English word "moor," an open upland covered in heather and rough grass. The first element, "Lammer," is the part whose origin is least certain, and etymologists have not agreed on a firm explanation for it, so it is best left as an unresolved piece of the name.