Hyle

From a dialectal form of hylje.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhyle(ˣ)/,
• Rhymes: -yle
• Syllabification^(key): Hy‧le
• Hyphenation^(key): Hy‧le

Hyle

1. a Finnish surname

• Hyle is the 4981^st (tied with 31 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 145 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕλη (Húlē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Hylē f sg (genitive Hylēs); first declension

1. A town of Boeotia whose location is uncertain
2. A town of Locris

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

• Hyle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Hyle”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly