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See also: MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. See also:montaigne; popular See also:Lat. montanea, an adjectival See also:form from the classical See also:mons, montis, whence Eng. " See also:mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt See also:Everest) , a natural See also:elevation of the See also:earth's See also:surface. The See also:term properly connotes height See also:superior to that of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill (0. Eng. hyll, cognate with Lat. coils); but the distinction depends on the prominence of a given elevation in relation to its surroundings, and in some degree to the bold or See also:gentle See also:character of its outline.
For the See also:classification of mountains according to the various processes of their formation, see See also:GEOGRAPHY, § Principles of Geography; and for further details See also:GEOLOGY, § viii.
End of Article: MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
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