Mill
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English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Proper noun
Mill
- A surname.
- John Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher.
- 1881 June 28, William Montgomery, speech in the New Zealand House of Representatives, seventh Parliament, third session, transcribed in, 1881, Parliamentary Debates, volume 28, page 225 :
- I have endeavoured to acquire a knowledge of the Hare system, and I have read Mill upon the subject, and it seems to me that the present proposal is opposed to that system.
- 1881 June 28, William Montgomery, speech in the New Zealand House of Representatives, seventh Parliament, third session, transcribed in, 1881, Parliamentary Debates, volume 28, page 225 :
- A village in North Brabant, Netherlands.
- An unincorporated community in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.
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Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as millen in 1166, attested with certainty as mille in 1228. Etymology unknown. Compare Millen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mill n
- A village in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Synonym: Germelaand (Carnival nickname)
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References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
East Central German
Etymology
From Middle Low German mül (“dust”) and Middle High German mülle, from Old High German mulli, related to mulin (“mill”). Compare German Müll.
Noun
Mill m
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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 86: