Kiel
Meaning
- The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- A city in Calumet County and Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kiel, named after Kiel Fjord of the Baltic Sea, from Old Norse kill (“gulf, bay”), from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to the verb *kīnaną (“to crack, split”). Doublet of kill (“creek”).
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