Hilary

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Hilary, from the Latin Hilarius meaning cheerful, may refer to:

As a name

• The given name or surname Hilary or Hillary

People commonly known by the surname Hillary, or solely by the given name Hilary, Hillary, Hilarius or Hilaria, including:

• • various people known as Saint Hilary:
    • Saint Hilarius or Hilary of Poitiers, 4th century bishop and Church Father
    • Pope Hilary, better known as Pope Hilarius, 5th century pope
    • Saint Hilarius or Hilary of Arles, 5th century bishop
    • Hilary of Galeata, 6th century hermit
  • Hilarius, archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) in c 402
  • Hilary of Chichester (c. 1110–1169), bishop of Chichester
  • Hillary Clinton (born 1947), United States Senator from New York
  • Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), New Zealand explorer; first man to reach summit of Everest

Places named Hilary

• St Hilary, Cornwall
• St Hilary, Glamorgan

Other

• Hilary Term is the name of the Spring term at the Universities of Oxford and Dublin
• Hurricane Hilary has been used as a designation for Pacific tropical cyclones on several occasions, including in 2005.
• Hilary is the Italian title of manga series Hikari no Densetsu