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The single 'l' spelling of 'kil' is the norm in modern Dutch geographical names, e.g.
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which flows from the Catskill Mountains, New York to the
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Creek, tidal inlet, river, strait, or arm of the sea
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 421:. It can occasionally be found in North America. 445: 179:Examples of the freestanding use of "kill" are: 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 446: 125:is a body of water, most commonly a 47:adding citations to reliable sources 18: 280:, another creek near Troy, New York 13: 164:' former North American colony of 14: 480: 23: 363:, one of the Catskill Mountains 352:, a tributary of Catskill Creek 145:. The term is derived from the 34:needs additional citations for 431: 1: 424: 7: 10: 485: 464:Rivers of New York (state) 188:Saratoga County, New York 58:"Kill" body of water 288:Greene County, New York 469:Rivers of Pennsylvania 361:Kaaterskill High Peak 459:Rivers of New Jersey 387:Tenakill, New Jersey 194:through the city of 43:improve this article 391:Raymondskill Falls 310:Catskill Mountains 212:, both separating 356:Kaaterskill Falls 350:Kaaterskill Creek 344:Kaaterskill Clove 190:which flows from 119: 118: 111: 93: 476: 438: 435: 419:Kil van Hurwenen 379:Schuylkill River 264:Albany, New York 174:Delaware Valleys 168:, primarily the 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 51: 27: 19: 484: 483: 479: 478: 477: 475: 474: 473: 454:Bodies of water 444: 443: 442: 441: 436: 432: 427: 271:, a creek near 262:tributary near 245:Randalls Island 115: 104: 98: 95: 52: 50: 40: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 482: 472: 471: 466: 461: 456: 440: 439: 429: 428: 426: 423: 407: 406: 400: 394: 393:, Pennsylvania 388: 385: 376: 370: 364: 358: 353: 347: 341: 335: 329: 323: 316:Catskill Creek 313: 307: 297: 296: 290: 281: 275: 273:Troy, New York 266: 253: 247: 234: 224: 203: 166:New Netherland 143:arm of the sea 117: 116: 31: 29: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 481: 470: 467: 465: 462: 460: 457: 455: 452: 451: 449: 434: 430: 422: 420: 416: 412: 411:Dordtsche Kil 404: 401: 398: 395: 392: 389: 386: 384: 380: 377: 374: 371: 368: 365: 362: 359: 357: 354: 351: 348: 345: 342: 339: 336: 333: 330: 327: 324: 321: 317: 314: 311: 308: 305: 302: 301: 300: 294: 291: 289: 286:, a creek in 285: 282: 279: 276: 274: 270: 267: 265: 261: 257: 254: 251: 248: 246: 242: 238: 235: 232: 228: 225: 223: 219: 215: 214:Staten Island 211: 210:Kill Van Kull 207: 204: 201: 197: 196:Mechanicville 193: 189: 185: 182: 181: 180: 177: 175: 171: 167: 163: 159: 155: 151: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 129:, but also a 128: 124: 113: 110: 102: 91: 88: 84: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: –  59: 55: 54:Find sources: 48: 44: 38: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 433: 408: 383:Pennsylvania 334:, New Jersey 320:Hudson River 298: 278:Wynants Kill 269:Poesten Kill 260:Hudson River 256:Normans Kill 233:and New York 200:Hudson River 184:Anthony Kill 178: 153: 149: 147:Middle Dutch 122: 120: 105: 96: 86: 79: 72: 65: 53: 41:Please help 36:verification 33: 403:Wynantskill 373:Poestenkill 258:, an upper 250:Fresh Kills 227:Batten Kill 206:Arthur Kill 162:Netherlands 131:tidal inlet 448:Categories 425:References 405:, New York 399:, New York 375:, New York 369:, New York 340:, New York 328:, New York 326:Cobleskill 312:, New York 306:, New York 295:, New York 252:, New York 237:Bronx Kill 222:New Jersey 192:Round Lake 156:in modern 69:newspapers 367:Peekskill 332:Cresskill 293:West Kill 284:West Kill 241:the Bronx 198:into the 99:June 2018 415:Sluiskil 397:Wallkill 338:Fishkill 304:Catskill 239:between 218:New York 231:Vermont 83:scholar 170:Hudson 139:strait 85:  78:  71:  64:  56:  417:, or 220:from 186:, in 158:Dutch 150:kille 141:, or 135:river 127:creek 90:JSTOR 76:books 243:and 208:and 172:and 123:kill 62:news 154:kil 45:by 450:: 413:, 381:, 229:, 216:, 176:. 137:, 133:, 121:A 322:. 202:. 152:( 112:) 106:( 101:) 97:( 87:· 80:· 73:· 66:· 39:.

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creek
tidal inlet
river
strait
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Dutch
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Delaware Valleys
Anthony Kill
Saratoga County, New York
Round Lake
Mechanicville
Hudson River
Arthur Kill
Kill Van Kull
Staten Island

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