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Definition of Capitol hill
1. Noun. A hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets. "They are debating the budget today on Capitol Hill"
Group relationships: American Capital, Capital Of The United States, Washington, Washington D.c.
Generic synonyms: Hill
Definition of Capitol hill
1. Proper noun. The hill in Washington, DC, on which is located the Capitol, where Congress holds its sessions. ¹
2. Proper noun. (informal) Congress ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capitol Hill
Literary usage of Capitol hill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1885)
"His customary morning walk was to capitol hill and back, over Pennsylvania Avenue,
four and a half miles in all, including Capitol Square, round which he ..."
2. The Court Circles of the Republic: Or, The Beauties and Celebrities of the by Elizabeth Fries Ellet, R. E. Mack (1869)
"... escort the President Elect— The Inauguration—The Mysterious Old Man at Capitol
Hill—Sketch of Buchanan and Breckenridge—General Lewis Cass—Other Members ..."
3. The Olivia Letters: Being Some History of Washington City for Forty Years as by Emily Edson Briggs (1906)
"The exclusive aristocracy of Washington is found in that part of the city known
as capitol hill. Upon the emerald heights crowned with gardens and flowers, ..."
4. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1894)
"... page) 928 Depression between the last and capitol hill 890 Drumlin crest on East
... seven to twelve miles northeast from Madison 950-1125 capitol hill, ..."
5. Concrete Construction: Methods and Cost by Halbert Powers Gillette, Charles Shattuck Hill (1908)
"METHOD OF LINING capitol hill TUNNEL, PENNSYLVANIA RR, WASHINGTON, DC—The tunnel
through capitol hill for the Pennsylvania RR approach to its new Union ..."
6. History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865 by Edward Parsons Tobie (1887)
"IN CAMP ON capitol hill, n- THE FIRST DETAIL. —AHMED AND EQUIPPED. THE First
Maine Cavalry was organized in the fall of(51, under authority from the War ..."
7. The Standard Guide, Washington: A Handbook for Visitors by Charles Bingham Reynolds (1901)
"THE CAPITOL is situated on capitol hill, 11-3-miles from the White House and ...
From an elevated site on capitol hill, 97-ft. above the level of the river, ..."
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