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Hill
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hill hilʹlʹ
English
+ (surname)
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Etymology
As an English surname, from the noun en hill, shortened from en Hilary, and from en ang hild battle.
As a en de - surname, shortened from en Hildebrand, related to the last sense above.
As a en fi - surname, en fi Mäki hill 1.
Pronunciation
en /hɪl/
en ɪl 1
Proper noun
en US with "the" Capitol Hill; the US Congress
en Canada with "the" Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country
en topographic Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill.
en Nate Chinen Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/20/arts/music/review-eric-revis-trio-lets-the-music-lead-the-way-at-the-jazz-gallery.html 2015-06-18 Ms. Davis — who at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicry — often led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif. https://web.archive.org/web/20220616140741/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/20/arts/music/review-eric-revis-trio-lets-the-music-lead-the-way-at-the-jazz-gallery.html
A number of places:
en town co/Merrimack County s/New Hampshire c/USA.
en town co/Price County s/Wisconsin c/USA.
en small village/and/cpar (without a council) in uauth/South Gloucestershire co/Gloucestershire cc/England OS grid ref ST6495. Parish map (Gloucestershire)
en hamlet par/Leamington Hastings bor/Rugby co/Warwickshire cc/England OS grid ref SP4567.
en suburb near sub/Four Oaks City of city/Birmingham co/West Midlands cc/England OS grid ref SP1199. OS: Birmingham
en former township town/Halesowen co/West Midlands, which later became Hill and Cakemore. OS: Hill and Cakemore
en village wcomm/Saundersfoot co/Pembrokeshire cc/Wales OS grid ref SN1206. OS: Pembrokeshire
Derived terms
en Hill tetrahedron Ben Hill County Cootehill Gay Hill Hill City<qq:Kansas> Hill County Jim Hill mustard Upper Hill<qq:Gloucestershire>
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Hill is the 39th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 434,827 individuals. Hill is most common among White (64.4%) and Black/African American (29.1%) individuals.
References
en surnames from common nouns calculator words
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as de Hil in 1545. Derived from dialectal nl hil hill, elevated place.
Pronunciation
nl /ɦɪl/
nl Hill
nl ɪl 1
nl hil Hil
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Altena p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
References
East Central German
Etymology
Compare de Hülle.
Noun
gmw-ecg noun f
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch covering, wrapping
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch case, sheath
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch husk useless, dried-up, worthless exterior
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch mantle anything that covers or conceals something else
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch shell any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch cladding hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection
Further reading
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