Hill

== 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 (US, with "the") Capitol Hill; the US Congress (Canada, with "the") Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill. A number of places: A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6495). A hamlet in Leamington Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4567). A suburb near Four Oaks, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1199). A former township in Halesowen, West Midlands, which later became Hill and Cakemore. A village in Saundersfoot community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1206). ==== 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 === == 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 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 (Erzgebirgisch) covering, wrapping (Erzgebirgisch) case, sheath (Erzgebirgisch) husk (useless, dried-up, worthless exterior) (Erzgebirgisch) mantle (anything that covers or conceals something else) (Erzgebirgisch) shell (any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure) (Erzgebirgisch) cladding (hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection) === Further reading === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), 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[2] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61