Hull

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Concepts

Hull

Kingston-upon Hull

Cordell Hull

Isaac Hull

Baffin Island

Cadillac

Canada

Dildo

Dresden

Edmonchuk

Hollywood North

Igopogo

Leamington

Manipogo

Medicine Hat

Moose Jaw

Muddy York

Parti Quebecois

Saint Charles

Saint John’s

Saskatoon

Scarlem

St. Catharines

St. John’s

Swift Current

Vulcan

Yarmouth

Yellowknife

bluenose

red rocket

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hʌl/

Etymology

The town in England is Inherited from Middle English Hull, Hul, Hulle, traditionally derived from Proto-Brythonic *hʉl, from Proto-Celtic *soulos, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to press”); Breeze instead suggests derivation from hula, plural of hulu (“hut”). Chaucer's Hulle (for expected *Hul, *Hule) is presumably a hypersouthernism.
The surname is either from the English town or Middle English hulle, western variant of hylle (“hill”); many other place names are ultimately from the surname.