Mill

See also: mill

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Proper noun

Mill

  1. A surname.
  2. John Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher.
    • 1881 June 28, William Montgomery, speech in the New Zealand House of Representatives, seventh Parliament, third session, transcribed in, 1881, Parliamentary Debates, volume 28, page 225 :
      I have endeavoured to acquire a knowledge of the Hare system, and I have read Mill upon the subject, and it seems to me that the present proposal is opposed to that system.
  3. A village in North Brabant, Netherlands.
  4. An unincorporated community in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as millen in 1166, attested with certainty as mille in 1228. Etymology unknown. Compare Millen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪl/
  • Hyphenation: Mill
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Proper noun

Mill n

  1. A village in Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
    Synonym: Germelaand (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Müll.

Noun

Mill m

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) trash, garbage, waste, rubbish

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 86:
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