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tor
noun
[ tɔː ]
• a hill or rocky peak.
• "Glastonbury Tor"
Origin:
Old English torr, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh tor ‘belly’ and Scottish Gaelic tòrr ‘bulging hill’.