Hall
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
A surname. A British and Scandinavian topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in or near a hall.
proper noun
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A surname. A British and Scandinavian topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in or near a hall.
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A surname. A surname from German for someone associated with a salt mine.
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A surname. An Anglo-Norman surname.
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A village in Gelderland, Netherlands.
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A number of places in the United States: Former name of Las Lomas, a CDP in California.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Granite County, Montana.
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A number of places in the United States: A hamlet and census-designated place in Ontario County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
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A village in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Etymology
* As an English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish surname: all from the noun hall. The name was likely reinforced by similar sounding words such as Swedish häll (“rock slab”). * As a Chinese surname, variant Romanization of 何, 賀 /贺 (hè), see He. ** (locomotive): The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles. ** (British and Scandinavian surnames): From the buildings, halls
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Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.
Forms
- plural
- Halls
Hall · A surname. A British and Scandinavian topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in or near a hall.
hallelujah · An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.hallo · The cry "hallo!"hallowed · Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.