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A kill is a body of water, most commonly a
creek , but also a
tidal inlet ,
river ,
strait , or
arm of the sea . The term is derived from the
Middle Dutch kille (kil in modern
Dutch ), meaning "riverbed" or "water channel".
[1] It is found in areas of Dutch influence in the
Netherlands ' former North American colony of
New Netherland , primarily the
Hudson and
Delaware Valleys .
Examples of the freestanding use of "kill" are:
Anthony Kill , in
Saratoga County, New York which flows from
Round Lake through the city of
Mechanicville into the
Hudson River .
Arthur Kill and
Kill Van Kull , both separating
Staten Island ,
New York from
New Jersey
Batten Kill ,
Vermont and New York
Bronx Kill between
the Bronx and
Randalls Island
Fresh Kills , New York
Normans Kill , an upper
Hudson River tributary near
Albany, New York
Poesten Kill , a creek near
Troy, New York
Wynants Kill , another creek near Troy, New York
West Kill , a creek in
Greene County, New York
West Kill , New York
"Kill" is also joined with a noun to create a composite name for a place or body of water:
Catskill , New York
Catskill Mountains , New York
Catskill Creek which flows from the Catskill Mountains, New York to the
Hudson River .
Cobleskill , New York
Cresskill , New Jersey
Fishkill , New York
Kaaterskill Clove , a deep gorge, or valley, in New York's eastern Catskill Mountains
Kaaterskill Creek , a tributary of Catskill Creek
Kaaterskill Falls
Kaaterskill High Peak , one of the Catskill Mountains
Peekskill , New York
Poestenkill , New York
Schuylkill River ,
Pennsylvania
Tenakill, New Jersey
Raymondskill Falls , Pennsylvania
Wallkill , New York
Wynantskill , New York
The single 'l' spelling of 'kil' is the norm in modern Dutch geographical names, e.g.
Dordtsche Kil ,
Sluiskil , or
Kil van Hurwenen . It can occasionally be found in North America.
References
^ “kil” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005