Hill

See also: hill and hil'l'

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, from the noun hill, shortened from Hilary, and from Old English hild (“battle”).
• As a German surname, shortened from Hildebrand, related to the last sense above.
• As a Finnish surname, calque of Finnish Mäki (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

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).
   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).
   6. A former township in Halesowen, West Midlands, which later became Hill and Cakemore.
   7. A village in Saundersfoot community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1206).

Derived terms

• Ben Hill County
• Cootehill
• Gay Hill
• Hill City (Kansas)
• Hill County
• Upper Hill (Gloucestershire)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hill is the 39^th 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.

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɪl/
• Hyphenation: Hill
• Rhymes: -ɪl
• Homophones: hil, Hil

Proper noun

Hill n

1. A hamlet in Altena, Noord-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^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61: