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.
HIR (Cym.-Cel.),
long.
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).
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).
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).
HJALTI (Scand.),