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• A ball, or anything small and round, hence also:
  • A pill (pharmacy): A pharmacological dosage form, now rendered obsolete by tablets and capsules, hence also:
    • "The Pill", a general nickname for the combined oral contraceptive pill (e.g. "on the pill")
    • American slang for recreationally used prescription drugs, particularly when used in plural (e.g. "popping pills")
• A tidal inlet on the coast, or a small creek of a river, hence:
  • Various place names in England, especially in Somerset, such as:
    • Huntspill, East Huntspill, West Huntspill
    • Pill, Somerset
• A stake, stockade, stronghold or castle in the Welsh Language, hence:
  • Various place names in Wales, such as:
    • Pill, Pembrokeshire
    • Pill, Swansea
    • The inner city district of Pillgwenlly, Newport, South Wales
• Pill, Austria, the Tyrolean municipality
• "The Pill", a song by Loretta Lynn

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