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Mountain in the United States
Breakneck Ridge is a mountain along the Hudson River between Beacon and Cold Spring, New York, straddling the boundary between Dutchess and Putnam counties
Breakneck_Ridge
Metro-North Railroad station in New York
Breakneck Ridge station is a temporarily closed rail station on the Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line, serving campers and hikers traveling to and from
Breakneck_Ridge_station
1944 World War II battle
interconnecting trench lines and countless spider holes, which became known as "Breakneck Ridge" to the Americans, or the "Yamashita Line" to the Japanese. General
Battle_of_Leyte
Topics referred to by the same term
Pennsylvania Breakneck Hill, in Allegany County, Maryland Breakneck Ridge, a mountain along the Hudson River, New York Breakneck Ridge (Metro-North station)
Breakneck
Metro-North Railroad line in New York
842-foot (257 m) tunnels under Breakneck Ridge at Breakneck Point; across the river Storm King Mountain is seen. The Breakneck Ridge flag stop marks the end
Hudson_Line_(Metro-North)
Mountains on either side of the Hudson River in New York, US
Dunderberg Mountain near Stony Point, and from the north in the vicinity of Breakneck Ridge and Storm King Mountain near Cornwall, New York. These highlands have
Hudson_Highlands
Mountain in New York, United States
Hudson River just south of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. Together with Breakneck Ridge on the opposite bank of the river it forms "Wey-Gat" or Wind Gate,
Storm King Mountain (New York)
Storm_King_Mountain_(New_York)
have since been installed at some locations, such as the redesigned Breakneck Ridge station on Metro-North's Hudson Line in New York. Some have called
Pedestrian railroad safety in the United States
Pedestrian_railroad_safety_in_the_United_States
Protected area in mountains along Hudson River north of New York City
system's Catskill Aqueduct, this section contains Bull Hill and Breakneck Ridge, with Breakneck Brook between them, then sprawls into Dutchess County, where
Hudson_Highlands_State_Park
River in New York, United States
Highlands State Park. The name comes from Breakneck Ridge to its north. Two of the park's hiking trails parallel Breakneck Brook for much of its course. Most
Breakneck_Brook
Ridge of bedrock in New York, US
The Shawangunk Ridge /ˈʃɑːwəŋɡʌŋk/, also known as the Shawangunk Mountains or The Gunks, is a ridge of bedrock in Ulster County, Sullivan County and Orange
Shawangunk_Ridge
Ash Mountain Blackcap Mountain Black Mountain Black Rock Mountain Breakneck Ridge Brooks Mountain Brundige Mountain Bull Hill (Mount Taurus) Chipmunk
List of mountains of New York (state)
List_of_mountains_of_New_York_(state)
Village in New York, United States
north, where Mount Taurus and Breakneck Ridge rise out of the banks of the Hudson and form two basically parallel ridges that track each other inland.
Cold_Spring,_New_York
Commuter rail service in New York and Connecticut
Falls Poughkeepsie Purdy's New Hamburg Goldens Bridge Beacon Katonah Breakneck Ridge Bedford Hills Cold Spring Mount Kisco Garrison Chappaqua Manitou Pleasantville
Metro-North_Railroad
German free climber
and Mount Waddington, British Columbia. In 1935, while climbing at Breakneck Ridge on the Hudson River, Wiessner spotted the gleaming white quartzite
Fritz_Wiessner
Uninhabited island in the Hudson River in New York, USA
The island and castle viewed from atop Breakneck Ridge
Pollepel_Island
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Vickerman_Hill
Historic house in New York, United States
Fishkill, New York, United States, between the city of Beacon and Breakneck Ridge. It is one of the most distinctive Hudson Valley buildings in the Second
Dutchess_Manor
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
County, West Virginia, United States. It lies on the western flank of Breakneck Ridge in close vicinity to the Lost River. At the center of the community
Baughman Settlement, West Virginia
Baughman_Settlement,_West_Virginia
Railroad safety measure
Rubber anti-trespass panels in and near tracks at Breakneck Ridge station, in U.S. state of New York
Anti-trespass_panels
instead considered pieces of dissected plateaus. Additionally, subranges and ridges of subranges (Such as the Yew Mountains) are inconsistently related to the
List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains
List_of_subranges_of_the_Appalachian_Mountains
Railroad station in Beacon, New York, US
station New Hamburg toward Poughkeepsie Hudson Line limited service Breakneck Ridge toward Grand Central Hudson Line Cold Spring toward Grand Central Former
Beacon_station
County in New York, United States
River, on the western edge of the county. The Hudson Line has stops at Breakneck Ridge, Beacon, and New Hamburg (a hamlet of the town of Poughkeepsie) before
Dutchess_County,_New_York
Mountains in southeastern New York, U.S.
Similarly, the Shawangunk Ridge, which forms the southeastern edge of the Catskills, is part of the geologically distinct Ridge-and-Valley province and
Catskill_Mountains
Metro-North Railroad station in New York
operated by Metro-North primarily for hikers, the other two being Breakneck Ridge and Manitou on the Hudson Line. The trail itself crosses the track
Appalachian_Trail_station
Highest point in New York State
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Mount_Marcy
Highway in New York
to a tunnel through the Breakneck Ridge, which carries NY 9D across the Putnam–Dutchess county line. Heading away from the ridge, NY 9D continues on a northerly
New_York_State_Route_9D
Metro-North Railroad station in New York
a limited service stop, one of two on the Hudson Line, along with Breakneck Ridge in the town of Fishkill. Both stations serve as stops for local hikers
Manitou_station
Geologic formation in the United States
constructed on the prong. Sour Mountain Beacon Mountain Scofield Ridge North Sugarloaf Breakneck Ridge Bull Hill, aka Mt. Taurus South Redoubt and North Redoubt
Reading_Prong
Footpath in New York, United States
latter's northwest corner, from the banks of the Hudson River near Breakneck Ridge to North Highland, just south of the county line in Philipstown. At
Wilkinson_Memorial_Trail
Plateau region located in the eastern United States
Eastern United States. It is situated between the Atlantic Plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains, stretching from New York in the north to central Alabama in the
Piedmont_(plateau)
Artillery battery in Gibraltar
Breakneck Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located on Ministry of Defence property at the Upper Rock
Breakneck_Battery
Commuter station in Hoboken, New Jersey
Crugers Cortlandt Montrose Peekskill Manitou Garrison Cold Spring Breakneck Ridge Beacon New Hamburg Poughkeepsie Penn Station service (planned) Penn
Hoboken_Terminal
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Little_Tonshi_Mountain
Metro-North Railroad station in New York
Services Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station Breakneck Ridge toward Poughkeepsie Hudson Line limited service Garrison toward Grand
Cold Spring station (Metro-North)
Cold_Spring_station_(Metro-North)
Jewish summer camp school
from the tenements of Manhattan's Lower East Side around the lake that Breakneck Brook rises from, it incorporated as Surprise Lake Camp in 1902. In 1911
Surprise_Lake_Camp
Mountain range in New Jersey and New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Ramapo_Mountains
Mountains in northeastern New York State, U.S.
northeast; the Appalachian Plateau to the south, southwest; and the Valley and Ridge to the southeast. The entire region lies within Adirondack Park, a New York
Adirondack_Mountains
Neighborhood in New York City
entire Atlantic coastal plain from Florida to Cape Cod. The summit of the ridge is largely covered in woodlands as part of the Staten Island Greenbelt,
Todt_Hill
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Shoemaker_Hill
Hamlet in New York, United States
Highlands, most notably Bull Hill and the Putnam County portion of Breakneck Ridge. North Highlands is governed by the town board of Philipstown and is
North_Highlands,_New_York
Railway terminal in Manhattan, New York
Crugers Cortlandt Montrose Peekskill Manitou Garrison Cold Spring Breakneck Ridge Beacon New Hamburg Poughkeepsie Penn Station service (planned) Penn
Grand_Central_Terminal
Appalachian Mountain range in the United States
conservationists in 1971 named these two landforms Yokun Ridge to emphasize their perceived continuity. Yokun Ridge is about 9-mile (14 km) and extends from the Massachusetts
Taconic_Mountains
Military unit
attacked the ridge but the attack was hampered by a typhoon. After four days of heavy fighting and casualties, the regiment secured Breakneck Ridge. The capture
21st Infantry Regiment (United States)
21st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
County in New York, United States
The Hudson Line makes stops at Manitou, Garrison, Cold Spring, and Breakneck Ridge. A connection to Amtrak can be made to the south at Croton-Harmon in
Putnam_County,_New_York
Federally designated high-speed rail corridor in the U.S. state of New York
Newburgh-Beacon Shuttle Newburgh–Beacon Ferry Cold Spring 61.5 (99.0) Breakneck Ridge ● 59 (95) Cold Spring 1893 ● Putnam Transit: Cold Spring Trolley Garrison
Empire_Corridor
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Dog Hill (Greene County, New York)
Dog_Hill_(Greene_County,_New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
mountain the bull used to haunt. While not as well known as neighboring Breakneck Ridge or Storm King Mountain across the river, it too is part of Hudson Highlands
Bull_Hill
River in New York and New Jersey, US
Orange Counties, flowing between mountains such as Storm King Mountain, Breakneck Ridge, and Bear Mountain. The river narrows considerably here before flowing
Hudson_River
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Bad_Luck_Mountain
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Barto_Hill
Wappinger leader
the Nimham Trail opened as an alternate route for hikers climbing Breakneck Ridge in Hudson Highlands State Park. In 2022, the Town of Fishkill dedicated
Daniel_Nimham
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Barkaboom_Mountain
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Fly_Mountain
Ridge in the Catskill Mountains, New York, US
Ashokan Ridge is a ridge located in the Catskill Mountains of New York west of Stony Hollow. Morgan Hill is located east, and Gallis Hill is located east-southeast
Ashokan_Ridge
United States historic place
with panoramic views of the river and surrounding mountains such as Breakneck Ridge and Bull Hill. Several small pullouts allow drivers to stop and enjoy
Storm_King_Highway
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Tassel_Hill
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Upper_Pine_Mountain
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Deer_Mountain_(New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
(270 m) peak located in the town of Fishkill near the Hudson River and Breakneck Ridge. One of several similarly named mountains in the U.S. state of New
Sugarloaf Mountain (Dutchess County, New York)
Sugarloaf_Mountain_(Dutchess_County,_New_York)
Branchville Danbury Branch Ridgefield Fairfield, CT New Haven 1905 Breakneck Ridge Hudson Line Town of Fishkill Putnam, NY New York Central Brewster
List of Metro-North Railroad stations
List_of_Metro-North_Railroad_stations
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Big_Tom_(New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Hog_Mountain
American non-profit theater company
scenic backdrop, overlooking the Hudson River, Storm King Mountain, and Breakneck Ridge. According to Ben Brantley of The New York Times, "nature and Shakespeare
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
Hudson_Valley_Shakespeare_Festival
Mountain in Haminton County, New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Beaver_Mountain_(New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Brook Ridge is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south of Arkville. Mill Brook Ridge is located north of Woodpecker Ridge. "Mill
Mill_Brook_Ridge
Train station in New York
Crugers Cortlandt Montrose Peekskill Manitou Garrison Cold Spring Breakneck Ridge Beacon New Hamburg Poughkeepsie Penn Station service (planned) Penn
Poughkeepsie_station
Mountain in Schoharie County, New York
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Bull Hill (Schoharie County, New York)
Bull_Hill_(Schoharie_County,_New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Armlin_Hill
Zeller Peak Algonquin Peak Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Bull Hill Cascade Mountain Dix Mountain Hunter Mountain Kaaterskill
List of mountains of the United States
List_of_mountains_of_the_United_States
Village in New York, United States
Cornwall-on-Hudson seen from Breakneck Ridge, across the river
Cornwall-on-Hudson,_New_York
Mountain in New York, United States
water source, is located between North Beacon and neighboring Scofield Ridge, the highest peak in Putnam County. Since much of the land on the mountains
Beacon_Mountain
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Little_Moose_Mountain
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Monka_Hill
Mountain in New York, United States
located in the Catskill Mountains of New York northeast of Windham. Elm Ridge is located south, Mount Zoar is located east-southeast, and Mount Hayden
Ginseng_Mountain
Ridge in Greene County, New York
Bethel Ridge is a ridge in Greene County, New York. It is located in the Catskill Mountains east of Lawrenceville. Vedder Mountain is located northeast
Bethel_Ridge
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Baldface Mountain (Indian Lake, New York)
Baldface_Mountain_(Indian_Lake,_New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Rose Mountain (Herkimer County, New York)
Rose_Mountain_(Herkimer_County,_New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
King Hill (Greene County, New York)
King_Hill_(Greene_County,_New_York)
Mountain in New York
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Spruce Mountain (Ulster County, New York)
Spruce_Mountain_(Ulster_County,_New_York)
NJ Transit and Metro-North Railroad station
Crugers Cortlandt Montrose Peekskill Manitou Garrison Cold Spring Breakneck Ridge Beacon New Hamburg Poughkeepsie Penn Station service (planned) Penn
Secaucus_Junction
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Sugarloaf Mountain (Benson, New York)
Sugarloaf_Mountain_(Benson,_New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Pillsbury_Mountain
Hill on the New York side of Lake Champlain
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Mount_Defiance_(New_York)
Train station in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, US
Crugers Cortlandt Montrose Peekskill Manitou Garrison Cold Spring Breakneck Ridge Beacon New Hamburg Poughkeepsie Penn Station service (planned) Penn
Croton–Harmon_station
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Crow Hill (Oneida County, New York)
Crow_Hill_(Oneida_County,_New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Firey_Hill
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Blue_Hill_(New_York)
Metro-North Railroad station in Manhattan, New York
Crugers Cortlandt Montrose Peekskill Manitou Garrison Cold Spring Breakneck Ridge Beacon New Hamburg Poughkeepsie Penn Station service (planned) Penn
Harlem–125th_Street_station
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Bonticou_Crag
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Slawson_Mountain
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Buck Mountain (Indian Lake, New York)
Buck_Mountain_(Indian_Lake,_New_York)
Metro-North Railroad station in New York
Crugers Cortlandt Montrose Peekskill Manitou Garrison Cold Spring Breakneck Ridge Beacon New Hamburg Poughkeepsie Penn Station service (planned) Penn
Brewster_station
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Salt_Hill_(New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Greenfield_Mountain
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Jerseyfield_Mountain
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Jones_Mountain_(New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Touchmenot_Mountain
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Oak Mountain (Herkimer County, New York)
Oak_Mountain_(Herkimer_County,_New_York)
Mountain in New York, United States
Peak Hudson Highlands Anthony's Nose Beacon Mountain Bear Mountain Breakneck Ridge Buckberg Bull Hill Crow's Nest Dunderberg Mountain Hook Mountain Jackie
Freds_Mountain
BREAKNECK RIDGE
BREAKNECK RIDGE
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Ridge Meadow
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a habitational name from Holdridge in Devon, so named from Old English heald ‘sloping’ + hrycg ‘ridge’, but more likely a variant of Aldridge.
Boy/Male
British, English
Lives at the Meadow's Ridge
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
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
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.
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’.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Ridge Meadow
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 : 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
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’.
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
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 (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.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Lives at the Meadow's Ridge
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
From the Road on the Ridge
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’.
BREAKNECK RIDGE
BREAKNECK RIDGE
Girl/Female
Hindu
A river, River Vyas
Boy/Male
Arabic, Islamic, Muslim, Pakistani, Urdu
Morning Light
Boy/Male
Greek American French
Tame.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Beauty of the faith, Beauty of the religion
Girl/Female
Muslim
Pretty, Beautiful
Boy/Male
Irish
Courteous.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Friendly.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Brilliant, Glittering
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of German Frideric, FRIÃRIK means "peaceful ruler."
Boy/Male
Tamil
BREAKNECK RIDGE
BREAKNECK RIDGE
BREAKNECK RIDGE
BREAKNECK RIDGE
BREAKNECK RIDGE
n.
The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger.
n.
The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.
a.
Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of strata.
a.
Having one ridge or keel.
n.
One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.
a.
Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed.
imp. & p. p.
of Ridge
n.
A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
n.
Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.
a.
Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged.
v. t.
To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
n.
Alt. of Ridgeplate
n.
See Ridgepole.
n.
A fall that breaks the neck.
n.
Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top.
n.
An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
n.
A steep place endangering the neck.
n.
A little ridge.
n.
Same as Ridgelling.
v. t.
To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.