hill

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* 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”).

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.

341 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kodër — elevated location
• Albanian: sukë — elevated location
• Arabic: تَلّ (tall) — elevated location
• Arabic: أَكَمَة (ʔakama) — elevated location
• Arabic: هَضْبَة (haḍba) — elevated location
• Arabic: تل (tall) — elevated location
• Arabic: هضبة (haḍba) — elevated location
• Arabic: تل (tall) — elevated location
• Aragonese: pueyo — elevated location
• Aragonese: tozal — elevated location
• Armenian: բլուր (blur) — elevated location
• Assamese: পাহাৰ (pahar) — elevated location
• Asturian: cerru — elevated location
• Asturian: llomba — elevated location
• Asturian: peña — elevated location
• Asturian: oteru — elevated location
• Asturian: collada — elevated location
• Avar: гохӏ (goḥr) — elevated location
• Azerbaijani: təpə — elevated location
• West Coast Bajau: belud — elevated location
• Baluchi: دک (dikk) — elevated location
• Basque: mendixka — elevated location
• Basque: gain — elevated location
• Basque: muino — elevated location
• Belarusian: паго́рак (pahórak) — elevated location
• Belarusian: го́рка (hórka) — elevated location
• Bengali: পাহাড় (pahaṛ) — elevated location
• Bau Bidayuh: pungu — elevated location
• Bau Bidayuh: dorod — elevated location
• Eastern Bontoc: fib-ilig — elevated location
• Eastern Bontoc: naksop ay chontog — elevated location
• Eastern Bontoc: filig — elevated location
• Breton: torgenn — elevated location
• Brunei Bisaya: bukid — elevated location
• Bulgarian: хълм (hǎlm) — elevated location
• Bulgarian: възвише́ние (vǎzvišénie) — elevated location
• Burmese: တောင် (taung) — elevated location
• Burmese: ကုန်းနိမ့် (kun:nim.) — elevated location
• Burmese: တောင်ကုန်း (taungkun:) — elevated location
• Catalan: puig — elevated location
• Catalan: turó — elevated location
• Cebuano: bungtod — elevated location
• Chechen: гу (gu) — elevated location
• Cherokee: ᎦᏚᏏ (gadusi) — elevated location
• Cheyenne: hoéhose — elevated location
• Chickasaw: onchaba — elevated location
• Chinese Mandarin: 小山 (xiǎoshān) — elevated location
• Chinese Mandarin: 山丘 (shānqiū) — elevated location
• Choctaw: nʋnih — elevated location
• Cornish: bre — elevated location
• Crimean Tatar: bayır — elevated location
• Czech: kopec — elevated location
• Czech: vrch — elevated location
• Czech: pahorek — elevated location
• Old Czech: břěh — elevated location
• Dalmatian: muncial — elevated location
• Danish: bakke — elevated location
• Central Dusun: nulu — elevated location
• Dutch: heuvel — elevated location
• Egyptian: q-A-A-q:n (qꜣꜣ) — elevated location
• Elfdalian: uol — elevated location
• Esperanto: monteto — elevated location
• Esperanto: altaĵo — elevated location
• Estonian: mägi — elevated location
• Estonian: küngas — elevated location
• Evenki: урэкэн (urəkən) — elevated location
• Extremaduran: cerru — elevated location
• Farefare: tãŋa class 3/4 — elevated location
• Faroese: heyggjur — elevated location
• Fijian: buke — elevated location
• Finnish: mäki — elevated location
• Finnish: kukkula — elevated location
• Finnish: kumpu — elevated location
• French: colline — elevated location
• Old Frisian: hegel — elevated location
• West-Frisian: heuvel — elevated location
• Gagauz: yılma — elevated location
• Gagauz: tepä — elevated location
• Galician: outeiro — elevated location
• Galician: castrelo — elevated location
• Galician: cuíña — elevated location
• Galician: lomba — elevated location
• Galician: lombeiro — elevated location
• Galician: penela — elevated location
• Galician: penelo — elevated location
• Galician: montículo — elevated location
• Galician: touticeira — elevated location
• Galician: toutizo — elevated location
• Galician: tarouxolo — elevated location
• Galician: oután — elevated location
• Galician: gomelón — elevated location
• Galician: corga — elevated location
• Galician: cemba — elevated location
• Galician: galaio — elevated location
• Galician: beán — elevated location
• Galician: maderno — elevated location
• Galician: bicaño — elevated location
• Georgian: გორა (gora) — elevated location
• Georgian: ბორა (bora) — elevated location
• Georgian: სერი (seri) — elevated location
• Georgian: ბორცვი (borcvi) — elevated location
• German: Hügel — elevated location
• German: Büel — elevated location
• German: Hubel — elevated location
• German: Gütsch — elevated location
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴 (hlainē) — elevated location
• Greek: λόφος (lófos) — elevated location
• Ancient Greek: βουνός (bounós) — elevated location
• Greenlandic: bakki — elevated location
• Hausa: tsauni — elevated location
• Hebrew: גִּבְעָה (giv'á) — elevated location
• Hebrew: תֵּל (tel) — elevated location
• Higaonon: bongtod — elevated location
• Hiligaynon: bakolod — elevated location
• Hindi: पहाड़ी (pahāṛī) — elevated location
• Hindi: पहाड़ (pahāṛ) — elevated location
• Hindi: गिरि (giri) — elevated location
• White Hmong: roob — elevated location
• White Hmong: toj — elevated location
• Hungarian: domb — elevated location
• Hungarian: kisebb hegy — elevated location
• Icelandic: hæð — elevated location
• Icelandic: hlíð — elevated location
• Icelandic: brekka — elevated location
• Icelandic: hóll — elevated location
• Ido: kolino — elevated location
• Tuwali Ifugao: duntug — elevated location
• Ilocano: turod — elevated location
• Indonesian: bukit — elevated location
• Ingrian: bygrä — elevated location
• Ingrian: syrjy — elevated location
• Ingush: гув (guv) — elevated location
• Inuktitut: kingaq — elevated location
• Iranun: palau — elevated location
• Irish: cnoc — elevated location
• Italian: collina — elevated location
• Italian: colle — elevated location
• Japanese: 丘 (oka) — elevated location
• Japanese: 小山 (koyama) — elevated location
• Kaitag: гатт (gatt) — elevated location
• Southern Kalinga: takudtud — elevated location
• Kazakh: төбе (töbe) — elevated location
• Khmer: ភ្នំ (phnum) — elevated location
• Khmer: ទួល (tuəl) — elevated location
• Khmer: ផ្នូក (phnouk) — elevated location
• Kimaragang: sokid — elevated location
• Korean: 언덕 (eondeok) — elevated location
• Korean: 소산 (sosan) — elevated location
• Korean: 산언덕 (saneondeok) — elevated location
• Central Kurdish: گرد (gird) — elevated location
• Kyrgyz: дөбө (döbö) — elevated location
• Kyrgyz: дөңсөө (döŋsöö) — elevated location
• Lao: ເນີນ (nœ̄n) — elevated location
• Lao: ໂນນ (nōn) — elevated location
• Lao: ໂຄກ (khōk) — elevated location
• Lao: ເຂົາ (khao) — elevated location
• Lao: ພູເຂົາ (phū khao) — elevated location
• Lao: ພູ (phū) — elevated location
• Latin: collis — elevated location
• Latin: mons — elevated location
• Latin: clivus — elevated location
• Latvian: paugurs — elevated location
• Lithuanian: kalva — elevated location
• Lutuv: tluo — elevated location
• Luxembourgish: Hiwwel — elevated location
• Macedonian: рид (rid) — elevated location
• Malay: bukit — elevated location
• Brunei Malay: bukit — elevated location
• Malayalam: കുന്ന് (kunnŭ) — elevated location
• Malayalam: മല (mala) — elevated location
• Maltese: għolja — elevated location
• Manchu: ᠮᡠᡥᡠ (muhu) — elevated location
• Māori: puke — elevated location
• Māori: rangaranga — elevated location
• Marathi: टेकडी (ṭekḍī) — elevated location
• Eastern Mari: курык (kuryk) — elevated location
• Western Mari: кырык (kyryk) — elevated location
• Mauritian Creole: kolinn — elevated location
• Central Melanau: bukit — elevated location
• Mongolian: дов (dov) — elevated location
• Mongolian: өндөрлөг (öndörlög) — elevated location
• Tagal Murut: tirong — elevated location
• Timugon Murut: bulur — elevated location
• Navajo: yílkʼid — elevated location
• Neapolitan: puojo — elevated location
• Neapolitan: toppa — elevated location
• Norman: mont — elevated location
• Norwegian Bokmål: ås — elevated location
• Occitan: puèg — elevated location
• Southern Ohlone: rini — elevated location
• Church Slavic: брѣгъ (brěgŭ) — elevated location
• Church Slavic: ⰱⱃⱑⰳⱏ (brěgŭ) — elevated location
• Old English: hyll — elevated location
• Omaha-Ponca: qe — elevated location
• Oromo: tabba — elevated location
• Iranian Persian: تَپِّه (tappe) — elevated location
• Polish: wzgórze — elevated location
• Polish: pagórek — elevated location
• Polish: kopiec — elevated location
• Polish: górka — elevated location
• Portuguese: colina — elevated location
• Portuguese: morro — elevated location
• Potawatomi: kwetak — elevated location
• Punjabi: ਪਹਾੜੀ (pahāṛī) — elevated location
• Punjabi: پَہاڑِی (pahāṛī) — elevated location
• Quechua: pikchu — elevated location
• Romanian: deal — elevated location
• Romanian: colină — elevated location
• Rungus: bburul — elevated location
• Russian: холм (xolm) — elevated location
• Russian: го́рка (górka) — elevated location
• Russian: высота́ (vysotá) — elevated location
• Russian: приго́рок (prigórok) — elevated location
• Russian: возвыше́ние (vozvyšénije) — elevated location
• Northern Sami: borri — elevated location
• Sanskrit: गिरि (giri) — elevated location
• Scots: hill — elevated location
• Scottish Gaelic: cnoc — elevated location
• Scottish Gaelic: monadh — elevated location
• Scottish Gaelic: sliabh — elevated location
• Sebop: murong — elevated location
• Sebop: pungu — elevated location
• Serbo-Croatian: бр̏до — elevated location
• Serbo-Croatian: бре̑г m брије̑г — elevated location
• Serbo-Croatian: bȑdo — elevated location
• Serbo-Croatian: brȇg — elevated location
• Serbo-Croatian: brijȇg — elevated location
• Sicilian: coḍḍi — elevated location
• Sicilian: cugnu — elevated location
• Sicilian: cozzu — elevated location
• Sicilian: poju — elevated location
• Sicilian: munti — elevated location
• Slovak: kopec — elevated location
• Slovak: vrch — elevated location
• Slovak: vŕšok — elevated location
• Slovene: hrib — elevated location
• Slovene: grič — elevated location
• Somali: taag — elevated location
• Lower Sorbian: górka — elevated location
• Spanish: cerro — elevated location
• Spanish: loma — elevated location
• Spanish: colina — elevated location
• Spanish: collado — elevated location
• Spanish: alcor — elevated location
• Spanish: otero — elevated location
• Spanish: lomada — elevated location
• Spanish: lomba — elevated location
• Spanish: altozano — elevated location
• Sundanese: pasir — elevated location
• Swahili: kilima — elevated location
• Swedish: kulle — elevated location
• Swedish: höjd — elevated location
• Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠀꠠ (faaṛ) — elevated location
• Tabasaran: тепе (tepe) — elevated location
• Tagalog: burol — elevated location
• Tajik: теппа (teppa) — elevated location
• Tamil: குன்று (kuṉṟu) — elevated location
• Tamil: மலை (malai) — elevated location
• Taos: ną́nemą — elevated location
• Tatar: калкулык (qalqulıq) — elevated location
• Tatar: үр (ür) — elevated location
• Telugu: కొండ (koṇḍa) — elevated location
• Telugu: గుట్ట (guṭṭa) — elevated location
• Thai: ภูเขา (puu-kǎo) — elevated location
• Thai: เนินเขา (nəən-kǎo) — elevated location
• Thai: เนิน (nəən) — elevated location
• Tibetan: རི་ཆུང་ཆུང་ (ri chung chung) — elevated location
• Tlingit: gooch — elevated location
• Tocharian B: ṣale — elevated location
• Tumbuka: phili — elevated location
• Turkish: tepe — elevated location
• Turkish: yokuş — elevated location
• Old Anatolian Turkish: دَپَه (däpä) — elevated location
• Ottoman Turkish: تپه (tepe) — elevated location
• Turkmen: depe — elevated location
• Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎁𐎓 (gbʿ) — elevated location
• Ukrainian: па́горб (páhorb) — elevated location
• Ukrainian: паго́рок (pahórok) — elevated location
• Ukrainian: гі́рка (hírka) — elevated location
• Urdu: پَہاڑی (pahāṛī) — elevated location
• Uzbek: o‘r — elevated location
• Uzbek: tepalik — elevated location
• Vietnamese: đồi — elevated location
• Volapük: lubel — elevated location
• Volapük: sabalubel — elevated location
• Volapük: tailalubel — elevated location
• Volapük: sturotalubel — elevated location
• Welsh: bryn — elevated location
• Welsh: rhiw — elevated location
• Woiwurrung: banhul — elevated location
• Woiwurrung: ngarrak — elevated location
• Woiwurrung: panmil — elevated location
• Yiddish: בערגל (bergl) — elevated location
• Yup'ik: penguq — elevated location
• Zazaki: gedug (diq) — elevated location
• Zazaki: werazi — elevated location
• Danish: bakke — sloping road
• Farefare: tãŋa sore class 7/8 — sloping road
• Finnish: mäki — sloping road
• French: côte — sloping road
• German: Hang — sloping road
• German: Steigung — sloping road
• Greek: κλίση (klísi) — sloping road
• Hiligaynon: bangilid — sloping road
• Japanese: 坂 (saka) — sloping road
• Polish: wzniesienie — sloping road
• Russian: подъём (podʺjóm) — sloping road
• Russian: спуск (spusk) — sloping road
• Sicilian: cugnu — sloping road
• Sicilian: calata — sloping road
• Sicilian: scinnuta — sloping road
• Swedish: backe — sloping road
• Tagalog: bangin — sloping road
• Zazaki: werazi — sloping road
• Danish: stigning — steepness
• German: Steigung — steepness
• German: Anstieg — steepness
• Japanese: 傾き (katamuki) — steepness
• Sicilian: pinnenza — steepness
• Sicilian: nclinanzziuni — steepness
• Zazaki: qere — steepness
• Finnish: multakumpu — heap of earth surrounding a plant
• Greek: βουναλάκι (vounaláki) — heap of earth surrounding a plant
• Japanese: 盛り土 (moritsuchi) — heap of earth surrounding a plant
• Korean: 북 (buk) — heap of earth surrounding a plant
• Sicilian: munzeḍḍu — heap of earth surrounding a plant
• Sicilian: muntarozzu — heap of earth surrounding a plant
• Zazaki: gomek — heap of earth surrounding a plant
• Finnish: syöttökumpu — baseball: pitcher's mound
• Japanese: マウンド (maundo) — baseball: pitcher's mound
• German: häufeln — To form into a heap or mound
• Sicilian: ammunziḍḍari — To form into a heap or mound
• Bashkir: күмеү (kümew) — To heap or draw earth around plants
• Bulgarian: загърлям (zagǎrljam) — To heap or draw earth around plants
• Esperanto: ĵosi — To heap or draw earth around plants
• German: häufeln — To heap or draw earth around plants
• Portuguese: colina — To heap or draw earth around plants
• Sicilian: ncucchiari — To heap or draw earth around plants
• Sicilian: assumari — To heap or draw earth around plants
• Sicilian: nzimulari — To heap or draw earth around plants
• Sicilian: ammunziḍḍari — To heap or draw earth around plants