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English word origin

Etymology of Hill

* 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

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Unnumbered source etymology

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Capitol Hill; the US Congress · Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country · A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill. · A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* 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”).

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  • Derivation mentionhildang · battle
  • Calque mentionMäkifi · hill

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