Etymology

Bryher

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Today it means: An island of Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SV876361). Full definition →

Cornish Breyer
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The story

  1. Cornish · derived fromBreyer
  2. English todayBryher

From Cornish Breyer (literally “place of hills”), in turn from bre (“hill”) + yer.

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