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hillside

name · noun · 26 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 L S AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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Meaning 1

A place in England:

A hamlet in Luppitt parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST1705).

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A place in England:

A suburb of South Brent, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX7060).

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A place in England:

A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7550)

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A place in England:

A suburb of Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside (OS grid ref SD3214).

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A place in England:

A hamlet in Ditton Priors parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5987).

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A place in England:

A small area of Axbridge, Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4354).

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A place in England:

A hamlet in Leigh parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0692).

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A place in Scotland:

A northern suburb of Portlethen, Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NO9297).

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A place in Scotland:

A village north of Montrose, Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7061).

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A place in Scotland:

A locality on the isle of Burray, Orkney Islands council area (OS grid ref ND4696).

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A place in Scotland:

A locality on Mainland, Orkney Islands council area (OS grid ref HY3124).

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A place in Scotland:

A small settlement near Voe, Mainland, Shetland Islands council area (OS grid ref HU4063).

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A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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A place in Australia:

An area of Glenorie, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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A place in Australia:

A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Melton and the City of Brimbank, Victoria, Australia

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A place in Australia:

A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.

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A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Colorado.

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A number of places in the United States:

A village in Cook County, Illinois.

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A number of places in the United States:

An area of Indianapolis, Indiana.

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A number of places in the United States:

A township in Union County, New Jersey.

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A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Ulster County, New York.

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A number of places in the United States:

A neighbourhood in north-west Portland, Oregon.

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A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.

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A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.

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Meaning 25

The side of a hill.

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Meaning 26

the side or slope of a hill

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Broader terms: slope, incline, side

Narrower terms: brae

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English hill Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English hillside From hill + side.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լանջ (lanǰ) — side of a hill
  • Bulgarian: склон (sklon) — side of a hill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 半山腰 (bànshānyāo) — side of a hill
  • Esperanto: montetflanko — side of a hill
  • Estonian: nõlv — side of a hill
  • Finnish: rinne — side of a hill
  • French: flanc de coteau — side of a hill
  • French: coteau — side of a hill
  • Galician: aba — side of a hill
  • Galician: ladeira — side of a hill
  • German: Bergabhang — side of a hill
  • Greek: πλαγιά (plagiá) — side of a hill
  • Hungarian: domboldal — side of a hill
  • Ingrian: penger — side of a hill
  • Ingrian: paltti — side of a hill
  • Ingrian: veeru — side of a hill
  • Ingrian: rinta — side of a hill
  • Ingrian: kallas — side of a hill
  • Ingrian: palle — side of a hill
  • Irish: leitir — side of a hill
  • Kabuverdianu: ladera — side of a hill
  • Macedonian: па́дина (pádina) — side of a hill
  • Māori: puketai — side of a hill
  • Māori: harapaki — side of a hill
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åsside — side of a hill
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åsside — side of a hill
  • Polish: stok — side of a hill
  • Polish: zbocze — side of a hill
  • Portuguese: encosta — side of a hill
  • Portuguese: ladeira — side of a hill
  • Savosavo: barata — side of a hill
  • Scottish Gaelic: leathad — side of a hill
  • Scottish Gaelic: aodann — side of a hill
  • Spanish: falda — side of a hill
  • Swedish: sluttning — side of a hill
  • Swedish: backe — side of a hill
  • Swedish: slänt — side of a hill
  • Welsh: rhiw — side of a hill
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