The Hill
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The Hill may refer to:
places
in Australia
in Canada
in Germany
in South Africa
in the United Kingdom
in the United States
(by state)
In U.S. institutions:
In fictional places:
sports
in baseball
- The Hill (novel), a 1905 school novel by Horace Annesley VachellHorace Annesley VachellHorace Annesley Vachell was a prolific English writer of novels, plays, short stories, essays and autobiographical works.Born in Sydenham, Kent on 30 October 1861, he was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. After a short period in the Rifle Brigade, he went to California where he became partner in...
- The Hill (film)The Hill (film)The Hill is a 1965 film directed by Sidney Lumet, set in a British army prison in North Africa in World War II. It stars Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis, Ian Hendry, Alfred Lynch, Roy Kinnear and Michael Redgrave.-Plot:...
, a 1965 war film starring Sean Connery - The Hill (2008 film)
- The Hill (newspaper)The Hill (newspaper)The Hill, a subsidiary of News Communications Inc., is a newspaper published in Washington, D.C. since 1994.Its first editor was Martin Tolchin, a veteran correspondent in the Washington bureau of The New York Times....
, a daily newspaper covering the U.S. Congress. - The Hill (TV series)The Hill (TV series)The Hill is a documentary series on the Sundance Channel. In the show Florida Congressman Robert Wexler opens his office doors to the cameras to expose the heated matters facing his constituents today...
, a 2006 Sundance Channel documentary TV series about the office of Congressman Robert Wexler - The Hill (ministry), a Christian ministry that serves the college students of the North Shore, Massachusetts area
- T.H.E. Hill, a contemporary American author.
places
in Australia
- The Hill, New South WalesThe Hill, New South WalesThe Hill is an inner city, residential suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately south of Newcastle's central business district. The Hill is filled with historic Victorian terraces and is the site of an historic convict prison block.As of January...
, a suburb of Newcastle, Australia - The Hill, a former grassed section of the Sydney Cricket GroundSydney Cricket GroundThe Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
stadium, Sydney, Australia
in Canada
- The Hill, Edmonton, Canada, location of the Edmonton Folk Music FestivalEdmonton Folk Music FestivalThe Edmonton Folk Music Festival is an annual four-day outdoor music event held the second weekend of August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, established in 1980 by Don Whalen. The festival continues to draw many people from around the world as both spectators and performers. The current producer of...
in Germany
- The HillTeufelsbergThe Teufelsberg is a hill in Berlin, Germany, in former West Berlin. It rises about 80 meters above the surrounding Brandenburg plain, more precisely the north of Berlin's Grunewald forest....
was the slang designation for the Army Security Agency site located on the TeufelsbergTeufelsbergThe Teufelsberg is a hill in Berlin, Germany, in former West Berlin. It rises about 80 meters above the surrounding Brandenburg plain, more precisely the north of Berlin's Grunewald forest....
(Devil's Mountain) in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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in South Africa
- The Hill, South Africa, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa
in the United Kingdom
- The Hill, Cumbria, England (a village in Millom WithoutMillom WithoutMillom Without is a civil parish in the county of Cumbria, England.Millom Without forms part of the borough of Copeland; the largest settlement in the parish is The Green.- External links :**...
) - Hill Top, CumbriaHill Top, CumbriaHill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof...
, England - Hill 16 (Croke Park)Hill 16 (Croke Park)Hill 16 officially called Dineen/Hill 16 is a terrace on the railway end of Croke Park, the show piece stadium of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Dublin City, Ireland. It is considered a national icon....
, Dublin, Ireland, popular during Gaelic football matches
in the United States
(by state)
- The Hill, drive up California State Route 17 to San Jose, California area
- alternative name for Mokelumne Hill, CaliforniaMokelumne Hill, CaliforniaMokelumne Hill is a census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 646 at the 2010 census, down from 774 at the 2000 census. It is commonly referred to as "Moke Hill" by locals...
- The Hill (Boulder)The Hill (Boulder)The Hill, a neighborhood in Boulder, Colorado, lies directly west of the University of Colorado campus. The central street of the neighborhood is 13th street, which features the Fox Theater, a renowned concert venue, and The Sink, a bar and restaurant popular with university students. The Historic...
, a neighborhood and retail district in Boulder, Colorado - The Hill (New Haven)The Hill (New Haven)The Hill is the southwestern-most neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. As early as 1800, this area was known as "Sodom Hill" and is now home to Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale School of Medicine.- Geography :...
, a neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut - The Hill, a section of Chicago Heights, IllinoisChicago Heights, IllinoisChicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 31,373 at the 2005 census. Chicago Heights is nicknamed 'Crossroads of the Nation'.-History:...
that is primarily Latino - The Hill (Arcadia, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana
- The Hill, a building at 219 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MassachusettsChestnut Hill, MassachusettsChestnut Hill is a wealthy New England village located six miles west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Like all Massachusetts villages, Chestnut Hill is not an incorporated municipal entity, but unlike most of them, it encompasses parts of three separate municipalities, each of...
, added to the National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic PlacesThe National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on October 4, 1986 - The Hill, St. LouisThe Hill, St. LouisThe Hill is a mostly Italian-American neighborhood within St. Louis, Missouri, located on high ground south of Forest Park. The official boundaries of the area are Manchester Avenue on the north, Columbia and Southwest Avenues on the south, South Kingshighway Boulevard on the east, and Hampton...
, a historically Italian-American neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri - "The Hill", a nickname for Chapel Hill, North CarolinaChapel Hill, North CarolinaChapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...
- "The Hill", a nickname for the Allison HillAllison Hill (Harrisburg)Allison Hill is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is located directly east of downtown Harrisburg on a bluff overlooking the older original borough along the Susquehanna River...
neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - "The Hill", a nickname for Hill DistrictHill District (Pittsburgh)The Hill District is a collection of neighborhoods that is considered by many to be the cultural center of African-American life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an American city. Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay once called the district "the crossroads of the world," referring to the...
, a neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - "The Hill", a distinctive grass-seating area of the student section at Summa Field at InfoCision StadiumSumma Field at InfoCision StadiumInfoCision Stadium-Summa Field is the home stadium of the Akron Zips football team at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. New for the 2009 football season, the official ground-breaking ceremony for the stadium was held on April 4, 2008 and it opened on September 12, 2009 for a sold out game...
at The University of Akron - "The Hill", a distinctive grass-seating area of Memorial Stadium, ClemsonMemorial Stadium, ClemsonFrank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium, popularly known as Death Valley, is home to the Clemson University Tigers, a NCAA Division I-A football team, located in Clemson, South Carolina...
, South Carolina - "The Hill", a distinctive grass-seating area of Scott StadiumScott StadiumScott Stadium , located in Charlottesville, Virginia, is the home of the Virginia Cavaliers football team. It sits on the University of Virginia's Grounds, east of Hereford College and first-year dorms on Alderman Road but west of Brown College and the Lawn...
, Charlottesville, Virginia - "The Hill", a nickname for Capitol Hill, Seattle, WashingtonCapitol Hill, Seattle, WashingtonCapitol Hill is the most densely populated residential district in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the center of the city's gay and counterculture communities, and is one of the city's most prominent nightlife and entertainment districts....
In U.S. institutions:
- The United States CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
, by metonymyMetonymyMetonymy is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept...
from Capitol HillCapitol Hill, Washington, D.C.Capitol Hill, aside from being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues...
in Washington, D.C., site of the United States Capitol - The Hill SchoolThe Hill SchoolThe Hill School is a preparatory boarding school for boys and girls located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles northwest of Philadelphia....
, a private boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania - Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Ithaca, New York - Hamilton College (New York), Clinton, New York
- University of ArkansasUniversity of ArkansasThe University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas - University of TennesseeUniversity of TennesseeThe University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
, the location of many academic buildings on Knoxville Campus - University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, a neighborhood of dormitories in Ann Arbor, Michigan - United States Air Force AcademyUnited States Air Force AcademyThe United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...
, Colorado Springs, Colorado - Washington and Lee UniversityWashington and Lee UniversityWashington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Virginia, United States.The classical school from which Washington and Lee descended was established in 1749 as Augusta Academy, about north of its present location. In 1776 it was renamed Liberty Hall in a burst of...
, Lexington, Virginia
In fictional places:
- The location of the home of Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
- The urban neighborhood that is the center of action in the U.S. television series, Hill Street BluesHill Street BluesHill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...
sports
in baseball
- The pitcher's mound is sometimes called the hill
See also
- Capitol Hill (disambiguation)Capitol Hill (disambiguation)Capitol Hill is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., adjacent to the U.S. Capitol.Capitol Hill may also refer to:* Capitol Hill , a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado* Capitol Hill , a neighborhood in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
- Hill (disambiguation)Hill (disambiguation)Hill usually refers to a raised landform.Hill may also refer to:* The Hill equation is an equation used in biochemical characterization...
- HillHillA hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills...
- Viscount HillViscount HillViscount Hill, of Hawkstone and of Hardwicke in the County of Salop, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1842 for the soldier Rowland Hill, 1st Baron Hill, with remainder to the heirs male of his elder brother John Hill...
, Richard 'The Great Hill', diplomat