fairy hill
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A locality in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Example Sentences
- "On this Hill [...] are the Remains of a CAMP, and where the Ground has suffered no Rupture are to be seen Tokens of circular Tents, called Fairy Hills, round which the vulgar report these Sylphes were wont to dance."
- "Their Fairy hills were called Tomhans and Shian, and were supposed to possess great internal comforts, with doors and windows that could only be discovered on dark evenings, by the bright light of the fairy fires shining through the artfully-constructed apertures."
- "Finally, as regards the places in which these rites and mysteries may have been held, certain writers believe them to have been the "Fairy Hills" or "howes" in various parts of Scotland."