Etymology

Gillow

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Today it means: A hamlet in Hentland parish, south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5325). Full definition →

Welsh cil
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The story

  1. Welsh · derived fromcil“retreat”
  2. English todayGillow

From Welsh cil (“retreat”) + llwch (“loch, lough”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.