- while there are several meanings of the Scots word lea, it frequently occurs in place-names denoting a piece of fallow ground, a field of grass, or a meadow. It is also used in the more general sense ‘open uncultivated ground’. There are many instances of its use in Scottish place-names across the Lowlands, including Woodhouselee in Midlothian, Torwoodlee in the Borders and Netherley in Aberdeenshire.
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