Capitoline Hill

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Capitoline Hill

/ˈkæpɪtəlaɪn ˈhɪl/

Where it comes from

Calque of Latin Capitōlīnus mons, from Capitōlīnus + mons (“hill”), from Capitōlium (“the Capitoline Hill”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (“forming nouns”) or -ōlus (“-ole: forming diminutives”) + -ium (“forming location names”).

proper noun the Capitoline Hill

The highest of the seven hills of Rome.
Similar: Capitoline, Capitolium, Tarpeian Mount

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name hill in Rome

Français	Capitole
Deutsch	Kapitol
Italiano	Campidoglio, Monte Capitolino
Ελληνικά	Καπιτώλιο Kapitólio
Русский	Капито́лий Kapitólij

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@misc{capitoline_hill_2026,
  title = {Capitoline Hill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capitoline%20hill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}