Pylle

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Pylle is a small village in the English county of Somerset, located in the Mendip district of the south-west of England
2. A small rural village in Somerset, England, lying in the south-west of the country within the Mendip area
3. The name of a small settlement in the county of Somerset in south-west England, in the Mendip district

Etymology: The spelling "pylle" is a Middle English form of "pill," which came from Old English "pyll" and meant a pool or a creek, often a tidal inlet or a muddy backwater. Its use in English has faded, but it survives in place names. Pill is a village on the Avon estuary near Bristol, and Pilling in Lancashire is a village near the coast, both named for the watery ground around them. The word is unrelated to the familiar "pill" of medicine, which comes from Latin "pilula," a diminutive of "pila," meaning "ball." The two words only look alike by coincidence of spelling.