Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A river in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which flows into the Humber. · The common name of Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. · Hull, Quebec: The central business district and oldest neighborhood of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. · An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida.
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 hypercorrect Southern form. 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.
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