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Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull n 1. (Placename) the official name of Hull1 2. (Placename) a unitary authority in NE England, in the East Riding of Yorkshire: formerly (1974–96) part of the county of Humberside. Pop: 247 900 (2003 est). Area: 71 sq km (27 sq miles) hull1 (hʌl)
n. 1. the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit. 2. the calyx of certain fruits, as the strawberry. 3. any covering or envelope. v.t. 4. to remove the hull of; skin, peel, shell, or shuck. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English hulu husk, pod; akin to Old English helan to cover, hide, Latin cēlāre to hide, conceal, Greek kalýptein to cover up] hull2 (hʌl)
n. 1. the hollow lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship. 2. a. the boatlike fuselage of a flying boat on which the plane lands or takes off. b. the cigar-shaped arrangement of girders enclosing the gasbag of a rigid dirigible. v.t. 3. to pierce (the hull of a ship), esp. below the water line. v.i. 4. to drift without power or sails. [1350–1400; Middle English; appar. same word as hull1] Hull (hʌl)
n. 1. Cordell, 1871–1955, U.S. Secretary of State 1933–44: Nobel peace prize 1945. 2. Official name, Kingston upon Hull. a seaport in Humberside, in E England, on the Humber River. 279,700. 3. a city in SE Canada, on the Ottawa River opposite Ottawa. 58,722. Kingston upon Hull
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officially Kingston upon Hull,
city and unitary authority (2011 pop. 256,406), NE England, on the north shore of the Humber estuary at the influx of the small Hull River.
..... Click the link for more information. , England.Kingston Upon Hull (also Hull), a city and borough in Great Britain, in the county of Humberside. Population, 279,000 (1974). Kingston upon Hull is a North Seaport on the Humber Estuary. The port, whose docks can accommodate containers and palletized cargoes, handled 6.5 million tons of cargo in 1974 and serves the industrial region of West Yorkshire. A center of commercial fishing, the city has machine-building, chemical, food-processing, and wood-products industries. Kingston upon Hull has a university. Kingston upon Hull1. the official name of Hull2. a unitary authority in NE England, in the East Riding of Yorkshire: formerly (1974--96) part of the county of Humberside. Pop.: 247 900 (2003 est.). Area: 71 sq. km (27 sq. miles) MedicalSeeHullAcronymsSeeKUHThesaurusSeehull |