English Explanatory Dictionary

Kill Van Kull

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A strait between Staten Island, New York and Bergen Neck, New Jersey in United States, part of the New York Bay.

Word forms

Kill Van Kull

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Kille Van Col (“Dutch Kil Van Col”) Literally, “watercourse of the pass” From being a tidal strait (kille) and low point (pass, col) beyond Bergen Hill, between Bergen Point and Staten Island.

Related words

Cull Bay
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