a duke or lord; _e.g._ Herzogenbosch or Bois-le-Duc (the duke’s grove); Hertogspodler (the duke’s reclaimed land); Herzogenburg (the duke’s fortress); Herzogenrath (the duke’s cleared land); Herrnsbaumgarten (the duke’s orchard); Herrnhut (the Lord’s tabernacle), founded by Count Zinzendorf, in Saxony, for the Moravian Brethren, in 1722; Herisau (the duke’s meadow), Lat. _Augia-Domini_, in Switzerland. [Sidenote: HESE, or HEES (Teut.),] a hedge or thicket; _e.g._ Hessingen (the dwelling in the thicket); Maashees (the thicket on the R. Maas); Wolfhees (the wolf’s thicket). [Sidenote: HILL (A.S.), HYL, HOLL (Scand.),] an elevation, cognate with the Ger. _hugel_; _e.g._ Silver-hill, named after Sölvar, a Norse leader, in the Lake District; Hilton, Hilston (hill town); Woolwich, anc. _Hyl-vich_ (hill town); Butterhill (the hill of Buthar), a personal name in the Lake District. [Sidenote: HINDU (Pers.),] water; _e.g._ the Rivers Indus, Inde, Indre, etc.; Hindostan (the district watered by the R. Indus). [Sidenote: HIPPO (Phœn.),] a walled town; _e.g._ Hippo, near Carthage. There were three cities called Hippo in Africa and two in Spain: Olisippo (the walled town), now Lisbon; Oreppo, Belippo, Lacippo. [Sidenote: HIR (Cym.-Cel.),] long. [Sidenote: HIRSCH (Ger.),] the hart; _e.g._ Hirzenach (the hart’s stream); Hersbrock (the hart’s marsh); Hirschberg, Lat. _Corvamontem_ (the hart’s hill); Hirschfeld, Herschau, Hirschholm, Hirschhorn (the field, meadow, hill, peak of the harts). [Sidenote: HISSAR (Turc.),] a castle; _e.g._ Kezil-hissar (red castle); Kara-hissar (black castle); Eski-hissar (old castle), anc. _Laodicea_; Demir-hissar (iron castle); Guzel-hissar (white castle); Sevri-hissar (cypress castle); Sultan-hissar (the sultan’s castle); Kulci-hissar (the castle on the R. Khelki). [Sidenote: HITHE (A.S.),] a haven; _e.g._ Hythe, in Kent; Greenhithe (the green haven); Lambeth, anc. _Lomehithe_ (clayey haven); Maidenhead, anc. _Mayden-hithe_, i.e. the wharf _midway_ between Marlow and Windsor; Queenhithe (the queen’s haven); Redriff, in Surrey, anc. _Rethra-hythe_ (the haven of sailors), A.S. _rethra_, also called Rotherhithe (the haven for horned cattle), Old Eng. _rother_; Stepney, anc. _Stebon-hythe_ (Stephen’s haven or timber wharf); Erith, A.S. _Ora-hithe_ (shore haven), in Kent; Challock, in Kent, corrupt. from _ceale hythe_ (chalk haven). [Sidenote: HJALTI (Scand.),] a Viking; _e.g._ Shapansay, anc. _Hjalpansay_ (the Viking’s island); Shetland, _i.e._ _Hjaltiland_, with the same meaning. [Sidenote: HLINC (A.S.),] a ridge; _e.g._ Linch, in Sussex; Rouselinch (Rouse’s ridge), in Worcestershire. [Sidenote: HO (Chinese),] a river or water; _e.g._ Euho (the precious river); Hoangho (the yellow river); Peiho (white river); Yuho (imperial river); Keangho (rapid river); Hoonan (south of the lake); Hoohe (north of the lake, _i.e._ of Lake Tongting). [Sidenote: HOCH, HOHEN (Ger.), HEAH, HEAG (A.S.), HOOG (Dutch),]