Hill
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //hɪl//
Capitol Hill; the US Congress
proper noun
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Capitol Hill; the US Congress
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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.
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A number of places: A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
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A number of places: A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.
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A number of places: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6495).
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A number of places: A hamlet in Leamington Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4567).
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A number of places: A suburb near Four Oaks, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1199).
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A number of places: A former township in Halesowen, West Midlands, which later became Hill and Cakemore.
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A number of places: A village in Saundersfoot community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1206).
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”).