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Hill.

Capitol Hill; the US Congress

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Meaning & usage

name/hɪl/

  1. Capitol Hill; the US Congress

    US · with-definite-article

  2. Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country

    Canada · with-definite-article

  3. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill.

  4. A number of places: A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.

  5. A number of places: A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.

  6. A number of places: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6495).

  7. A number of places: A hamlet in Leamington Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4567).

  8. A number of places: A suburb near Four Oaks, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1199).

  9. A number of places: A former township in Halesowen, West Midlands, which later became Hill and Cakemore.

  10. A number of places: A village in Saundersfoot community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1206).

Where this word comes from

* 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”).

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