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hall

noun

  1. large room often used for meetings
  2. large room within a domestic building
  3. building owned by a college or university where students live
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name

Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish surname: all from the noun hall. The name was likely reinforced by similar sounding words such as Swedish häll (“rock slab”). * As a Chinese surname, variant Romanization of 何, 賀 /贺 (hè), see He. ** (locomotive): The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles. ** (British and Scandinavian surnames): From the buildings, halls

  1. A surname.
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  3. A surname.
  4. A village in Gelderland, Netherlands.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
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  11. A village in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

noun

Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish surname: all from the noun hall. The name was likely reinforced by similar sounding words such as Swedish häll (“rock slab”). * As a Chinese surname, variant Romanization of 何, 賀 /贺 (hè), see He. ** (locomotive): The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles. ** (British and Scandinavian surnames): From the buildings, halls

  1. Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.