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Long, narrow ridge
In geology and geomorphology, a hogback or hog's back is a long, narrow ridge or a series of hills with a narrow crest and steep slopes of nearly equal
Hogback_(geology)
Mountain ridge in Alaska, United States
Hogback Ridge is a 6,135-foot (1,870 m) glaciated mountain ridge located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. This landform is situated
Hogback_Ridge
Ridge in the Rocky Mountains, US
The Dakota Hogback is a long hogback ridge at the eastern fringe of the Rocky Mountains that extends north-south from southern Wyoming through Colorado
Dakota_Hogback
Natural heritage site in Colorado, United States
Dinosaur Ridge is a segment of the Dakota Hogback in the Morrison Fossil Area National Natural Landmark located in Jefferson County, Colorado, near the
Dinosaur_Ridge
Ridge in Colorado, United States
The Grand Hogback is a 70-mile-long (110 km), curving, spine-like ridge in Western Colorado that extends from near McClure Pass in Pitkin County through
Grand_Hogback
Topics referred to by the same term
Schoharie County, New York Hogback Ridge, a summit in Alaska Hogback Ridge, an early name for Mount Oread, Kansas Doctor Hogback, a character in the anime
Hogback
City and county seat in Kansas, United States
through the area where Lawrence is now. A hill in the area, then known as Hogback Ridge and now known as Mount Oread, which sits on the water divide separating
Lawrence,_Kansas
1856 destruction of the Kansas Territory town
neared the town. A large force was stationed on the high ground at Hogback Ridge, and a cannon was placed to cover and command the area. The house of
Sacking_of_Lawrence
Stone carved Anglo-Scandinavian sculpture
stones are known as coped stones. Hogbacks take the form of recumbent monuments, generally with a curved ('hogbacked') ridge, often also with outwardly curved
Hogback_(sculpture)
Hill in Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
from prior to the American Civil War. The hill was originally called Hogback Ridge by many Lawrence residents until the Oread name was adopted in 1864
Mount_Oread
Unincorporated community in Colorado, US
bordered to the west by the Dakota Hogback, a sharp hogback ridge that to the north near Morrison is also known as Dinosaur Ridge. Colorado State Highway 470
Dakota_Ridge,_Colorado
Unincorporated community in Larimer County, Colorado, United States
Fort Collins near the mouth of the Poudre Canyon between the Dakota Hogback ridge and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The ZIP Code of the Bellvue
Bellvue,_Colorado
Grassland flat in Park County, Colorado, US
Pennsylvanian rocks. Red Hill runs through the center of the valley as a hogback ridge of tilted Cretaceous and Jurassic sedimentary rocks.[citation needed]
South Park (Park County, Colorado)
South_Park_(Park_County,_Colorado)
Mountain in Alaska, United States
situated 6 mi (10 km) southeast of Valdez, 9 mi (14 km) southwest of Hogback Ridge, and 9 mi (14 km) northwest of Meteorite Mountain. This feature was
Mount_Francis_(Alaska)
Mountain range in South Dakota and Wyoming, United States
Unkpapa sandstone. The outermost feature of the dome stands out as a hogback ridge. The ridge is made out of the Lakota Formation and the Fallriver sandstone
Black_Hills
Long, narrow, elevated landform
parallel, straight to arcuate ridges. Strike ridges are subdivided into cuestas, flatirons, homoclinal ridges, and hogbacks. Reef A term applied by early
Ridge
Sculpture in Lancashire, England
54°02′51″N 2°54′06″W / 54.0474°N 2.9018°W / 54.0474; -2.9018 The Heysham hogback is an early medieval sculpted stone discovered around the beginning of
Heysham_hogback
Limestone massif on the Island of Sardinia, Italy
metres (0.700 mi), are the highest points. The massif forms a prominent hogback ridge characterized by dramatic vertical cliffs on its northwestern flank
Monte_Albo
Lawrence would begin a college as soon as possible, to be located atop Hogback Ridge (later known as Mount Oread). By 1856, no private college for Lawrence
History of the University of Kansas
History_of_the_University_of_Kansas
Public university in Lawrence, Kansas, US
university. The site selected for the university was a hill known as Hogback Ridge (later known as Mount Oread), which was privately donated by Charles
University_of_Kansas
Ridge with a moderate sloping backslope and steeper frontslope
homoclinal ridges, or strike ridges, are associated with strata that dip between 10° and 30°. The symmetrical ridges that characterize hogbacks develop where
Homoclinal_ridge
Hill range in Germany
The Heber is a hogback ridge, relatively small in area and up to 313.5 metres high, in the Lower Saxon Hills within the districts of Goslar, Northeim
Heber_(hills)
Glaciated mountain summit in Alaska, USA
is situated 16 mi (26 km) southeast of Valdez, 9 mi (14 km) south of Hogback Ridge, and 9 mi (14 km) southeast of Mount Francis. In January 1927, a meteorite
Meteorite_Mountain
2016 studio album by A Day to Remember
the group rented a cabin at Horsetooth Reservoir, located in Dakota Hogback ridge, west of Fort Collins, Colorado. The cabin was surrounded by woods.
Bad_Vibrations
Natural area park in Agua Dulce, California
were deformed and offset by the later fault activity. The distinctive hogback ridges of steeply inclined strata serve to graphically demonstrate the significant
Vasquez_Rocks
Heintzleman Ridge Heney Peak Hess Mountain Highbush Peak Higher Spire Hinchinbrook Island High Point, summit of Hinchinbrook Island Hogback Ridge Horn Spire
List of mountains of the United States
List_of_mountains_of_the_United_States
Glacier in Antarctica
past Cape Dunlop, Dunlop Island, Hanson Ridge, Spike Cape, Bay of Sails, Gneiss Point, Marble Point, Hogback Hill to Cape Bernacchi, Hjorth Hill and Mount
Wilson_Piedmont_Glacier
United States historic place
The Hogback Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near Winterset, Iowa. Named after a nearby limestone ridge, it was built in 1884 by Harvey P. Jones
Hogback_Covered_Bridge
583 feet (2,616 m) Hogback Ridge Trail, 46°27′56″N 113°39′12″W / 46.46556°N 113.65333°W / 46.46556; -113.65333 (Hogback Ridge Trail), el. 7,900 feet
List of trails of Granite County, Montana
List_of_trails_of_Granite_County,_Montana
Country United States Type section Named for Fort Hays Named by S. W. Williston Location Hogback ridge just west of old Fort Hays, Kansas Year defined 1893
Fort_Hays_Limestone_Member
Mountain in Alaska, United States
northeast of Mount Francis, and 4.5 mi (7 km) immediately north of Hogback Ridge. Although modest in elevation, relief is significant since the western
East_Peak_(Alaska)
United States historic place
Creek water gap to 1992 m (6536 ft.) on the highest point of the Dakota hogback ridge. The valley has a sunny, mild, and semiarid climate that has neither
Bradford_House_II
State Park in Pennsylvania, United States
the trail follows Ciana Run before crossing Hogback ridge, then beginning its steep ascent up Forks Ridge and the Allegheny Front beyond. Once on top
Blue_Knob_State_Park
Geologic formation in New Mexico and Colorado
William C. (2005). "Age of the Cretaceous Menefee Formation, Gallina Hogback, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geological Society Field
Menefee_Formation
Steeply sloping triangular landform
facet that narrows upward into a point at its summit. The dissection of a hogback by regularly spaced streams often results in the formation of a series
Flatiron_(geomorphology)
Mountain and city park in Helena, Montana
offering views of numerous pine trees. Hogback Trail A rough trail leading from the summit to the hogback ridge. Recommended to travel downwards. Panoramic
Mount_Helena_City_Park
Early medieval carved stones
include the Govan Sarcophagus, five Anglo-Scandinavian style Viking-Age hogbacks, four upright crosses, the 'Govan Warrior' carving, and a wide range of
The_Govan_Stones
Gorge near Valdez, Alaska
Trail is about this era. Thompson Pass, the area north of the canyon Hogback Ridge, forms the west wall of the canyon This article incorporates text from
Keystone_Canyon
Mountain in Virginia, US
Hogback Mountain is the highest peak in the northern portion of Shenandoah National Park as well as the highest point in Warren County in northern Virginia
Hogback Mountain (Shenandoah National Park, Virginia)
Hogback_Mountain_(Shenandoah_National_Park,_Virginia)
Thonnelle is a large petit ouvrage It is located at the crest of a hogback ridge, with Block 4 in the steep northern slope, Block 2 at the crest and
Ouvrage_Thonnelle
Isanti Martin Lake 62 62 3.6 Hoffman Otter Tail Vergas 157 150 20 11.5 Hogback Ridge Hennepin Bloomington 14 14 15 3 Holden Morrison Randall 12 12 7.8 Holiday
List_of_lakes_of_Minnesota
Baldy Mountain, Betty's Bra, Lover's Leap, Cathedral Rock, Hogback Ridge, and many of the ridges in the northwest of the ranch, is an igneous intrusion of
Geography and ecology of Philmont Scout Ranch
Geography_and_ecology_of_Philmont_Scout_Ranch
Mountain in Virginia, United States
Hogback Mountain is part of Catoctin Mountain, located southwest of Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. The mountain ridge rises immediately to the west
Hogback Mountain (Loudoun County, Virginia)
Hogback_Mountain_(Loudoun_County,_Virginia)
Martin and John Leyden, who discovered the original Leyden mine in the hogback ridge to the west, where Michael and Martin died in 1866 and 1870, respectively
Leyden,_Colorado
form the backslopes of cuestas, homoclinal ridges, hogbacks, and flatirons. The frontslopes of such ridges consist of either an escarpment, a steep slope
Dip_slope
United States protected natural area near Minneapolis
C. The old trails then continue farther east toward the Bass Ponds, Hogback Ridge Pond, Fisher Pond, and Skimmer Pond and the exit road to the Bass Ponds
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Minnesota_Valley_National_Wildlife_Refuge
Eocene geologic unit in Southern California
Santa Ynez Mountains, with immense white sculpted slabs forming peaks, hogback ridges, and sheer cliff faces. The type locality for the Coldwater Sandstone
Coldwater_Sandstone
Hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other
distance perpendicular to the strike of the beds. Cuestas, homoclinal ridges, and hogbacks comprise a sequence of landforms that form a gradational continuum
Cuesta
Scenic roadway in Cañon City, Colorado, United States
downtown and return to the highway. The drive sits on the top of Skyline Ridge, a hogback composed of upturned Dakota sandstone. Outcrops of the Morrison and
Skyline_Drive_(Colorado)
Topics referred to by the same term
ridge in the Adirondack Mountains in New York, US Hogback Mountain (Klamath County, Oregon) or Hogsback Mountain, Oregon, US Hogsback, a snow ridge on
Hogs_Back
Trail in Papua New Guinea
The untamed jungle terrain was extremely steep, cut by razor-sharp hogback ridges and required the men to cross a 9,100-foot-tall (2,800 m) mountain divide
Kapa_Kapa_Trail
Military unit
days on the trail, crossing exceedingly difficult terrain, including hogback ridges, jungle, and mountainous high-altitude passes, E Company was the first
32nd Infantry Division (United States)
32nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
National Scenic Byway in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, US
side, at which point it heads west. Skyline Drive reaches the Hogback Overlook on Hogback Mountain that faces northwest and turns southerly. The roadway
Skyline_Drive
Mountain High Acre Ridge High Point Mountain Bisquit Mountain Pound Mountain Furnace Mountain Bald Mountain Carter Ridge Hogback Mountain Steptoe Hill
List_of_mountains_in_Virginia
Public school in Dakota Ridge, Colorado, United States
Public Schools system. Dakota Ridge High School opened on August 20, 1996. It is named after the nearby Dakota Hogback. The school was built to ease the
Dakota_Ridge_High_School
was unavoidable to cross the Wakarusa River and gain the crest of the hogback ridge between the Wakarusa and Kansas Rivers. Here, the Wakarusa had steep
Haskell_Limestone
plug Bornhardt Cuesta Dome Fault-block mountain Fold mountain Hogback Homoclinal ridge Table and mesa Tepui (Guiana Highlands) Traprock mountain Belki
List_of_mountain_types
Area Cross Mountain Canyon Natural Area Dakota Hogback Natural Area commonly known as Dinosaur Ridge in Matthews/Winters Park Deer Gulch Natural Area
List of protected areas of Colorado
List_of_protected_areas_of_Colorado
Many of the prominent, linear mountains in the Valley and Ridge province are classic hogback topographic features. The Appalachian foreland of Georgia
Geology of Georgia (U.S. state)
Geology_of_Georgia_(U.S._state)
Geological structure
Reef National Park, Utah Comb Ridge in southern Utah Grandview-Phantom Monocline in Grand Canyon, Arizona Grand Hogback in Colorado Lebombo Mountains
Monocline
Mountain in Virginia, United States
situated on nearby Neighbor Mountain, Little Devils Stairs Overlook on Hogback Mountain and Rattlesnake Point Overlook on Sugarloaf. Thornton Hollow Overlook
Pignut_Mountain
Thrust belt
longitudinal depressions carved into the hinge of an anticlinal fold Hogback: ridges that surround and overlook combes, along with "monts dérivés," which
Geology_of_the_Jura_Massif
Mountain in New York State
Hogback is a mountain in Schoharie County, New York. It is located northeast of Cobleskill. Barrack Zourie is located northwest and Mount Shank is located
Hogback_(New_York)
into soil Hogback – Long, narrow ridge Hoodoo – Tall, thin spire of relatively soft rock usually topped by harder rock Homoclinal ridge – Ridge with a moderate
Glossary_of_landforms
Unincorporated community in Douglas County, CO, USA
foot of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Dakota Hogback, a prominent sandstone ridge, runs north–south through the community. The CDP is bordered
Roxborough_Park,_Colorado
Protected rock formation near Colorado Springs, Colorado
of hogbacks. The Kissing Camels formation is atop the nearest hogback on the right. A view of Cathedral Valley showing some of its unusual hogback formations
Garden_of_the_Gods
Geological structure in which rock strata dip uniformly in a single direction
resistance to erosion, their erosion produces either cuestas, homoclinal ridges, or hogbacks depending on the angle of dip of the strata. On a topographic map
Homocline
Stream in Page County, Virginia, U.S.
Elkwallow Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Elkwallow Gap is a topographical saddle that divides Neighbor Mountain and Hogback Mountain, situated in Shenandoah
Jeremy's_Run
Geologic structural basin in the U.S.
beneath and to the west. Between Golden and Morrison, the Dakota hogback is called Dinosaur Ridge and is the site of a dinosaur trackway and dinosaur fossils
Denver_Basin
Extinct stratovolcano in Washington, United States
also be found on top of the highest point in Goat Rocks, Gilbert Peak. Hogback Mountain, a shield volcano north of Goat Rocks and south of White Pass
Goat_Rocks
Mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America
beds are resistant to erosion and have uplifted to form the Dakota Hogback, a ridge between the mountains and the plains. Over the next 35 million years
Front_Range
United States historic place
side of the hogback. He did not find another escape route and was overtaken by the fire. Sallee and Rumsey came through the hogback to the ridge crest above
Mann_Gulch_fire
Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch
The_Sawtooth
Veterans cemetery in El Paso County, Colorado
Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch
Pikes_Peak_National_Cemetery
Mountain ridge in Colorado, United States
Cimarron Ridge is a ridge in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado. The ridge runs north-south and occupies parts of Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray
Cimarron_Ridge
Cliff on Longs Peak in Colorado
Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch
The_Diamond_(Longs_Peak)
Mountain range on the border of North and South Carolina
Carolina border, in the southeastern United States. They are part of the Blue Ridge Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The range begins at Standingstone
Saluda_Mountains
River
valley with good water between Green Mountain and the Hogback, in what is now the Dinosaur Ridge vicinity, down to Rooney Gulch in what is now Bear Creek
Bear_Creek_(Colorado)
Dragstrip near Morrison, Colorado, US
resistance from the community in nearby Wheat Ridge, Bandimere Sr. purchased property in 1957 along the Dakota Hogback and began building the motorsports facility
Bandimere_Speedway
City in South Dakota, United States
the Dakota Hogback. Rapid City's "Westside" is located in the Red Valley between the foothills of the Black Hills proper and the Dakota Hogback, so named
Rapid_City,_South_Dakota
Mountain pass in Colorado, USA
Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch
Pawnee_Pass
Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway
The Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway is a 55-mile (89 km) All-American Road and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Rocky
Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway
Trail_Ridge_Road/Beaver_Meadow_National_Scenic_Byway
Mountain in Virginia, United States
Mountain Elk Pond Mountain Furnace Mountain Hawksbill Mountain High Knob Hogback Mountain Holston Mountain Humpback Rock Knob Mountain Loudoun Heights Maintop
Whitetop_Mountain
Historic veterans cemetery in Denver, Colorado
Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch
Fort_Logan_National_Cemetery
Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway
Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch
Mount_Blue_Sky_Scenic_Byway
Mountain in New York, United States
located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northwest of Cobleskill. Hogback is located northeast, and Donats Mountain is located southeast of Mount
Mount_Shank
Wilderness area
The Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness (BRCW) is located in western Colorado with a small portion extending into eastern Utah, USA, within the arid Colorado
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
Black_Ridge_Canyons_Wilderness
National Historic Site of the United States
Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Sand_Creek_Massacre_National_Historic_Site
Park area in Colorado Springs, USA
has several eroded canyons and a series of parallel ridges known as "hogbacks". The parallel ridges are relatively low compared to ordinary ones in the
Red_Rock_Canyon_Open_Space
19th century route between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles
Bernardino, in the early 1850s found a better route through Cajon Pass along a hogback in the western side of the Upper Cajon Pass overlooked by Baldy Mesa. At
Mormon_Road
State park in Colorado, United States
The park includes great examples of exposed Precambrian to Late Mesozoic hogback, monolithic and spire formations from the Permian, Pennsylvanian and Cretaceous
Roxborough_State_Park
Sandbar in Arikaree River in Yuma County, Colorado, United States
Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch
Beecher_Island
National park in Virginia, United States
a national park of the United States that encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. The park is long and narrow, with the Shenandoah
Shenandoah_National_Park
Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway
Lookout Mountain Park, Genesee Park, Evergreen, Morrison, Red Rocks Park, and Dinosaur Ridge. The Lariat Loop connects to the Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway at Bergen Park
Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway
Lariat_Loop_Scenic_and_Historic_Byway
Hill in Surrey, England
leading to the ridge's prominence over the surrounding terrain. The Hog's Back gives its name to the geomorphological landform known as a Hogback, which is
Hog's_Back
Protected area in Colorado, US
Owl Canyon Pagosa Skyrocket Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rough Canyon Roxborough Ryan Gulch
Narraguinnep_Natural_Area
List of forest fire lookout towers
Hi Mountain Lookout High Glade Lookout High Point Lookout Hogback Mountain Lookout Horse Ridge Lookout Hot Springs Mountain Lookout Howell Hill Lookout
List_of_fire_lookout_towers
Protected area in west-central Colorado, US
The Fossil Ridge Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located approximately 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Gunnison, Colorado in the Gunnison National
Fossil_Ridge_Wilderness
Protected wilderness area in the U.S. state of Colorado
the Lost Creek Wilderness area, specifically at the fictitious Blackwater Ridge. Wilderness.net says that the scenic area is 15,120 acres. Wikimedia Commons
Lost_Creek_Wilderness
Census-designated place in Jefferson County, CO, USA
can also be seen- the shoulder on the south side of Tincup). The hogback (the ridge/rift running along the east side of the valley, opposite of the Foothills
Ken_Caryl,_Colorado
HOGBACK RIDGE
HOGBACK RIDGE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roebuck.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Keele in Staffordshire, named from Old English c̄ ‘cows’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from East and West Keal in Lincolnshire, which are named from Old Norse kjǫlr ‘ridge’.Irish : reduced form of McKeel.Swiss German : probably a variant of Kehl 2.Americanized spelling of German Kühl (see Kuhl) or Kiehl, Kiel (see Kiel).
Boy/Male
British, English
Lives at the Meadow's Ridge
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn, a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land.habitational name from Horner in Diptford, Devon, which is named from Old English horn ‘horn of land’ + ora ‘hill spur’, ‘ridge’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Horn 4.
Surname or Lastname
English (northern)
English (northern) : habitational name from a lost place in County Durham called Hollingside or Holmside, from Old English hole(g)n ‘holly’ + sīde ‘hillside’, ‘slope’; there is a Hollingside Lane on the southern outskirts of Durham city. In some cases it may be from Hollinhead in Lancashire, so named from Old English holegn ‘holly’ + hēafod ‘headland’, ‘ridge’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mease or Meece.Norwegian (Sør Trøndelag) : habitational name from a farmstead named Meås, from me ‘middle’ + ås ‘hill’, ‘ridge’.French (Méas) : habitational name from a locality so named in Nièvre.Cambodian : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places so called. The majority, with examples in at least fourteen counties, get the name from Old English hÅh ‘ridge’, ‘spur’ (literally ‘heel’) + tÅ«n ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Haughton in Nottinghamshire also has this origin, and may have contributed to the surname. A smaller group of Houghtons, with examples in Lancashire and South Yorkshire, have as their first element Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’. In the case of isolated examples in Devon and East Yorkshire, the first elements appear to be unattested Old English personal names or bynames, of which the forms approximate to Huhha and Hofa respectively, but the meanings are unknown.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Somerset and Dorset (now part of Bournemouth), probably named with Old English langet ‘long strip of ground’, ‘long ridge’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places named with Old English lang ‘long’ + hrycg ‘ridge’, for example in Somerset, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, probably from Lockeridge in Wiltshire, or Lockridge Farm in Devon, both named from Old English loc(a) ‘enclosure’, ‘fold’ (see Lock 2) + hrycg ‘ridge’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on or by a ridge, Middle English rigge, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, as for example Ridge in Hertfordshire. The surname is also fairly common in Ireland, in County Galway, having been taken to Connacht in the early 17th century. The name is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Iomaire; iomaire is modern Irish for ‘ridge’.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : nickname from kaal ‘bald’.English : habitational name from the villages of East and West Keal in Lincolnshire, which are named from Old Norse kjÇ«lr ‘ridge’.Perhaps an altered spelling of German Köhl (see Kohl).Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as two syllables : Hindu descriptive nickname from Sanskrit kÄla ‘black’, found among Brahmans, Marathas, and other communities. The Konkanasth Brahmans have a clan called Kale.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Lives at the Meadow's Ridge
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Ridge Meadow
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓileáin, a variant of Ó hAoláin, from a form of Faolán (with loss of the initial F-), a personal name representing a diminutive of faol ‘wolf’. Compare Whelan.English and Scottish : habitational name from Holland, a division of Lincolnshire, or any of the eight villages in various parts of England so called, from Old English hÅh ‘ridge’ + land ‘land’. The Scottish name may also be from places called Holland in Orkney, Houlland in Shetland, Hollandbush in Stirlingshire, and Holland-Hirst in the parish of Kirkintilloch.English, German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and Dutch : regional name from Holland, a province of the Netherlands.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Kelham in Nottinghamshire, so named from the dative plural of Old Norse kjǫlr ‘(place at) the ridges’.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
From the Ridge
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Road on the Ridge
Surname or Lastname
German
German : habitational name from any of several places called Langen or Langenau in Germany, Bohemia, and Silesia.English : habitational name from any of four places in Shropshire and Staffordshire called Longner or Longnor. Longner and Longnor in Shropshire are from Old English lang ‘long’ + alor ‘alder tree’, ‘alder copse’, as is Longnor near Penkridge, Staffordshire. But Longnor, Staffordshire is from Old English lang (genitive langan) + ofer ‘ridge’.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Ridge Meadow
HOGBACK RIDGE
HOGBACK RIDGE
Boy/Male
Norse
Son of Hermund.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or small grove, Middle English gravette, grevette (from a diminutive of Old English grÄf ‘grove’).Altered spelling of French Gravet, cognate with 1.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Eloise, ELOUISE means "hale-wide; very healthy and sound."Â
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Creator; New
Male
Greek
(Φιλήμων) Greek name PHILEMON means "affectionate." In the bible, this is the name of an apostle to whom Paul sent a letter from prison. In mythology, this is the name of the husband of Baukis. They were the only couple in Tyana who were hospitable to the disguised gods Zeus and Hermês.Â
Boy/Male
Hindu
Religious
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Fragrance Flower
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Unique
Female
Finnish
Finnish form of Icelandic IngifrÃður, INKERI means "Ing-beautiful."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Abhrakasin | அபà¯à®°à®•à®¾à®¸à®¿à®¨
With clouds for shelter, An ascetic
HOGBACK RIDGE
HOGBACK RIDGE
HOGBACK RIDGE
HOGBACK RIDGE
HOGBACK RIDGE
n.
An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.
n.
Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
n.
A trussed frame extending fore and aft, usually above deck, and intended to increase the longitudinal strength and stiffness. Used chiefly in American river and lake steamers. Called also hogging frame, and hogback.
v. t.
To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
n.
One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.
n.
See Hogframe.
n.
Alt. of Ridgeplate
n.
A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
n.
An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.
n.
The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used.
n.
Same as Ridgelling.
n.
See Ridgepole.
n.
A hogback.
imp. & p. p.
of Ridge
n.
A little ridge.
a.
Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged.
n.
A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.
n.
The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger.
v. t.
To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.
n.
The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.