Hill

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See also: hill and hil'l'

English

 Hill (surname) on Wikipedia
 Hill (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hill

  1. (US, with "the") Capitol Hill; the US Congress
  2. (Canada, with "the") Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country
  3. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill.
  4. A number of places:
    1. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
    2. A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.
    3. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6495). [1]
    4. A hamlet in Leamington Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4567).
    5. A suburb near Four Oaks, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1199). [2]
    6. A former township in Halesowen, West Midlands, which later became Hill and Cakemore. [3]
    7. A village in Saundersfoot community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1206). [4]

Derived terms

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

  1. ^ Parish map (Gloucestershire)
  2. ^ OS: Birmingham
  3. ^ OS: Hill and Cakemore
  4. ^ OS: Pembrokeshire

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as de Hil in 1545. Derived from dialectal hil (“hill, elevated place”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hill n

  1. A hamlet in Altena, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Hülle.

Noun

Hill f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) covering, wrapping
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) case, sheath
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) husk (useless, dried-up, worthless exterior)
  4. (Erzgebirgisch) mantle (anything that covers or conceals something else)
  5. (Erzgebirgisch) shell (any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure)
  6. (Erzgebirgisch) cladding (hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection)

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61:
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