Hill

Meaning

1. (US, with-definite-article) Capitol Hill; the US Congress
2. (Canada, with-definite-article) Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country
3. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill.
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Synonyms

Benny Hill

Alfred Hawthorne

J. J. Hill

James Jerome Hill

Pronounced as (IPA)

/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”).

Sentences

Little attended Cane Hill College in Washington County for one term .

He previously served as a bishop and counselor in the Cherry Hill Stake Presidency .

She attended the independent Braeside School , Buckhurst Hill .

The Hamilton Bowl overflowed , flooding the Signal Hill area .

Stapledon Wood , on the south-east side of Caldy Hill , is named after him .