Hilton
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Hilton or Hylton may refer to:
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[edit] Companies
- Hilton Worldwide, an international hospitality company based in the United States
- Hilton Hotels, a chain of hotels trademarked by the Hilton Hotels Corporation
- Hilton Garden Inn, a chain of hotels trademarked by the Hilton Hotels Corporation
- Homewood Suites by Hilton, a chain of hotels trademarked by the Hilton Hotels Corporation
- Home2 Suites by Hilton, a new chain of hotels trademarked by the Hilton Hotels Corporation
- Hilton Grand Vacations Company, a subsidiary of the Hilton Hotels Corporation
- Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for all brands of the Hilton Hotels Corporation
- Hilton instruments, a supplier of laboratory equipment, consumables and chemicals, based in the UK
- Ladbrokes, a British based gambling company, known as Hilton Group plc from May 1999 to February 2006
[edit] Places
With an original meaning of "hill farm" or "hill settlement",[1] Hilton is a very common place name in English speaking countries. Many of these places remain single farms or dwellings, whilst some have grown into villages and towns.
[edit] Australia
- Hilton, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
- Hilton, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
- Hilton South Wharf Melbourne
- Hilton On the Park Melbourne
- Hilton Airport, Tullamarine
[edit] Canada
- Hilton, Ontario, a township in the Canadian province of Ontario
- Hilton Beach, Ontario, a small village surrounded by the township
- Hilton Falls Conservation Area, located in Campbellville, Ontario
[edit] Norway
- Hilton, a farm near Kløfta, Ullensaker, known as the birthplace of Augustus Hilton, father of American hotelier Conrad Hilton
[edit] South Africa
- Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, a town next to Pietermaritzburg
- Hilton, Bloemfontein, a suburb of Bloemfontein
[edit] United Kingdom
- England
- Hilton Docklands Nelson Dock Pier, the official name of a pier on the south bank of the River Thames in Rotherhithe, London
- Hilton Park (stadium), a multi-use stadium in Leigh, Greater Manchester
- Hilton Park Hall, an 18th century mansion house now in use as an office and business centre at Hilton, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- Hilton Park services, a motorway service station, between junctions 10a and 11 of the M6 motorway in Staffordshire
- Hilton, Cambridgeshire, a village
- Hilton, Cornwall, a farm
- Hilton, Cumbria, a village
- Hilton, Derbyshire, a village
- Hilton, Dorset, a village
- Hilton, County Durham, a village
- Hilton, North Yorkshire, a village
- Hilton, Shropshire, a village
- Hilton, Staffordshire, a village
- Hylton Castle in Hylton district of Sunderland
- Cauld Lad of Hylton, the ghost of a murdered stable boy that haunts the ruins of Hylton Castle
- North Hylton, a suburb of Sunderland, in northeast England
- South Hylton Metro station, serves the village of South Hylton on the banks of the River
- South Hylton in Sunderland
- Scotland
- Hilton (Cupar), Fife, a country estate
- Hilton (Dunfermline), Fife, a farm
- Hilton (Inverkeilor), Angus, a farm
- Hilton (near Bieldside), Aberdeen, a farm
- Hilton (near Portmahomack), Highland, a farm
- Hilton (near Rosehill), Aberdeen, a former village, now a neighbourhood
- Hilton (near Tain), Highland, a farm
- Hilton (Rosyth), Fife, a farm
- Hilton of Cadboll, a village
- Hilton of Cadboll Stone, a Class II Pictish stone discovered at Hilton of Cadboll
- Hilton, Banff, a farm
- Hilton, Berwickshire, a village
- Hilton, Buchan, a farm
- Hilton, Clackmannan, a farm
- Hilton, Inverness, a former village, now part of the city
- Hilton, Kincardine and Mearns, a farm
- Hilton, Marr, a farm
- Hilton, Moray, a farm
- Hilton, Perth and Kinross, a farm
- Hilton, Ross and Cromarty, a farm
- Hilton, Stirling, a farm
[edit] United States
- Hilton Coliseum, a 14,057-seat multi-purpose arena in Ames, Iowa
- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, a town, located on an island of the same name
- Hilton Head Airport, a county-owned, public-use airport located in northeastern Hilton Head Island
- Hilton Theatre, a Broadway theatre located at 213 West 42nd Street in Manhattan
- Hilton Village, a planned, English-village-style neighborhood in Newport News, Virginia
- Hilton Pier/Ravine, a park located in the village
- Hilton, New York, a village
- Hiltons, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Scott County, Virginia
- Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Savannah, Georgia
- Willis, Floyd County, Virginia, also known as Hylton, an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia
- Hilton (Columbus, Georgia), listed on the NRHP in Georgia
- Hilton (Catonsville, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
[edit] Vietnam
- Hanoi Hilton, a former prison in Hanoi
[edit] Schools
- Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management — an academic college at the University of Houston
- Hilton College (South Africa) in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Hilton High School in Hilton, New York, US
- C. D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, US
- Hylton Red House School, a comprehensive secondary school for ages 11–16 located in Redhouse, Sunderland, England
- Hilton Head Preparatory School, a private school for grades Kindergarten through 12th grade, located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, US
- Hilton Central School District, a public school district in New York State, US
- Hilton Head Christian Academy, a private Christian school for grades Kindergarten through 12th grade, located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, US
- Hilton Elementary School (Newport News, Virginia), an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, US
- Hilton D. Bell Intermediate School, a large intermediate school in the Garden Grove Unified School District in Garden Grove, California
- Hilton Leech House and Amagansett Art School, a historic school in Sarasota, Florida
[edit] Names & people bearing them
[edit] Other
- Bangkok Hilton (1989), an Australian television miniseries
- Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award, presented to a basketball player who has demonstrated personal character both on and off the court
- Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the largest humanitarian award in the world
- Eckmann–Hilton argument, an argument in mathematics about two monoid structures on a set where one is a homomorphism for the other
- The Hanoi Hilton (film) (1987), a Vietnam War film which focuses on the experiences of American prisoners of war who were held in the Hanoi Hilton
- Hilton Flight, a horse ridden in international show jumping by Richard Spooner
- Hilton International Stakes, a Group 2 Australian thoroughbred horse race
- Hilton Quota, the quota applied to Argentinian[clarification needed] beef imported into the European Union
- Hilton v. Guyot (1895), a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court described the factors to be used when considering the application of comity
- Hilton's law, an observation on topological anatomy
- Hilton's white line, a boundary in the anal canal
- Hylton v. United States (1796), a U.S. Supreme Court case involving judicial review
- I Want To Be a Hilton (2005), a weekly NBC reality television series that was hosted by Kathy Hilton
- London Hilton bombing, a 1975 explosion at the Hilton Hotel in London, England
- Sydney Hilton bombing, a 1978 explosion outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham: see for example entry for Hilton, N. Yorkshire
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