The word kil is a toponym that indicates a water jelly. The word stems from kille, meaning creek.
The toponymous we find back in geographical names such as Dordtsche Kil, Hurwenen Kil, Bakkerskil and Bruine Kil in the Biesbosch. Also the place name Sluiskil contains this toponymous.
Also in the United States, the toponymous, including Kill Van Kull and Arthur Kill, are both seas that separate the Staten Island from New Jersey.
In the former New Netherlands, nowadays the states of New York and New Jersey, especially around Albany and Schenectady, many Dutch town names originate from the seventeenth century. A large number of them were referred to as a "killer" by the settlers, for example Bushkill, Cresskill, Cobleskill, Fishkill, Kaaterskill, Krums Kill, Normanskill, Peekskill, Plattekill, Poestenkill, Schuylkill, Vromans Kill, Wallkill, West Kill and Wynanstkill. / p>
There are also such names of regions, such as the Fishkill Plains, the Catskill Mountains and the Plotter Kill Nature Reserve, named after the Plotter Kill, which flows through it.
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