Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)

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Hay, Haigh (Teut.), a place surrounded by a 'hedge;' as Rothwell Haigh, Hague.

Hissar (Turk.), 'a castle;' as Kara-hissar.

Hithe (A.S.), 'haven;' as Hythe, Lambeth=Loamhithe (the 'clayey haven').

Ho (Chin.), 'river;' as Peiho.

Hoang, Whang (Chin.), 'yellow;' as Hoang-ho, Whang-Hai.

Holm (Scand., &c.), 'an island in a lake or river,' 'a plain near a river;' as Stockholm, Flatholm, Langholm.

Holt (Teut.), 'a wood;' as Bagshot, Aldershot, Holstein. [See Holt in Dict.]

Horn (Teut.), 'a peak;' as Schreckhorn, Matterhorn.

Hurst (A.S. hyrst), 'a wood;' as Lyndhurst.

Ing (A.S.), a suffix denoting son, in pl. 'a family' or 'tribe;' as Warrington ('the town of the Warrings'), Haddington. [See -ing in list of suffixes.]