hill

  • 1Hill — (engl. für ‚Hügel‘, aber auch mittelhochdeutsch ‚Heimstätte‘) bezeichnet geografische Objekte: Hill (Bach), einen Grenzbach im Hohen Venn Hill (Gloucestershire), Vereinigtes Königreich Hill (Warwickshire), Vereinigtes Königreich Hill (West… …

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  • 2hill — W2S2 [hıl] n [: Old English; Origin: hyll] 1.) an area of land that is higher than the land around it, like a mountain but smaller →↑uphill, downhill ↑downhill ▪ Their house is on a hill overlooking the sea. ▪ the top of Sidbury Hill ▪ A cart was …

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  • 3HILL (D. O.) — HILL DAVID OCTAVIUS (1802 1870) Peintre de paysages à l’origine, David Octavius Hill est surtout connu pour son œuvre de photographe, qu’il entreprit en collaboration avec le calotypiste Robert Adamson (1821 1848). Originaire de Perth, en Écosse …

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  • 4hill — [ hıl ] noun count *** 1. ) an area of land that is higher than the land surrounding it but smaller and lower than a mountain: a valley surrounded by wooded hills the Pentland Hills an area popular with hill walkers the top/bottom of a hill: They …

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  • 5Hill — Hill, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil, L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d {Holm}.] 1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence… …

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  • 6HILL (G.) — HILL GARY (1951 ) Gary Hill est sans aucun doute l’un des vidéastes les plus importants de sa génération; la quantité autant que la qualité de ses œuvres servies par une inventivité technologique hors pair l’ont vite placé au rang des artistes… …

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  • 7hill — O.E. hyll hill, from P.Gmc. *hulni (Cf. M.Du. hille, Low Ger. hull hill, O.N. hallr stone, Goth. hallus rock, O.N. holmr islet in a bay, O.E. holm rising land, island ), from PIE root *kel …

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  • 8hill — [hil] n. [ME < OE hyll, akin to MDu hille < IE base * kel , to project, rise high > L collis, hill, Gr kolophōn, peak] 1. a natural raised part of the earth s surface, often rounded and smaller than a mountain 2. a small pile, heap, or… …

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  • 9Hill — Hill, Archibald V. Hill, Rowland * * * (as used in expressions) Bunker Hill, batalla de Shirley Anita St. Hill Hill, David Octavius y Robert Adamson Hill, James J(erome) Hill, Joe …

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  • 10Hill 55 — was a hill in Vietnam that was used during the Vietnam war as a base of operations for the United States Marine Corps. It has been described as the most notorious area in ICorps. [ [http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/vietnam.txt] 1st… …

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