Hill en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /hɪl/
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”).
Meanings
- (US, with-definite-article) Capitol Hill; the US Congress
- (Canada, with-definite-article) Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country
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A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill.
Ms. Davis — who at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicry — often led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif.
2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
- A number of places: ▸ A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
- A number of places: ▸ A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A number of places: ▸ A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6495).
- A number of places: ▸ A hamlet in Leamington Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4567).
- A number of places: ▸ A suburb near Four Oaks, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1199).
- A number of places: ▸ A former township in Halesowen, West Midlands, which later became Hill and Cakemore.
- A number of places: ▸ A village in Saundersfoot community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1206).
Deriveds
Hill tetrahedron · Hill City · Ben Hill County · Upper Hill · Cootehill · Gay Hill · Jim Hill mustard · Hill County