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hill

UK/hɪl/ US/hɪɫ/ common us
noun (5) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones

  • “they built small mounds to hide behind”
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3.

United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)

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verb

1.

form into a hill

Origin

From Middle English hil (“hill”), from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulli (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle (“hill”), Low German hull (“hill”), Faroese hólur (“hill”), Icelandic and Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Norn hul (“hillock”), Norwegian hol (“low hillock”), Swedish kulle (“hill”), Catalan coll (“hill”), Italian colle (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas (“hill, mountain”), Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at holm.

Phrases

  • Acacia Hills
  • Adelaide Hills
  • Alabama Hills
  • Alexandra Hills
  • Arana Hills
  • Argents Hill
  • Ash Hill
  • Ashford Hill

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