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Kill (body of water)
As a body of water, a kill is a creek.
The term is used in areas of Dutch influence in New York State and other areas of the former Nieuw Nederland colony of Dutch America also to describe a strait, river or arm of the sea. Examples are Kill Van Kull and Arthur Kill, both separating Staten Island, New York from New Jersey, and used as a composite name, the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania.
From Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille. A reference to 'kil' can be found in Dutch geographical names, e.g. Dordtsche Kil and Sluiskil (in the Terneuzen municipality).
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