Hill
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- 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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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.
Derived terms[edit]
- Ben Hill County
- Hill City (Kansas)
- Hill County
Statistics[edit]
- 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.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested as de Hil in 1545. Derived from dialectal hil (“hill, elevated place”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: Hill
Proper noun[edit]
Hill n
- A hamlet in Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Finnish
- English terms calqued from Finnish
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪl
- Rhymes:English/ɪl/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- American English
- Canadian English
- English surnames
- English surnames from Middle English
- English surnames from common nouns
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands