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Capitoline Hill en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkæpɪtəlaɪn ˈhɪl/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. The highest of the seven hills of Rome.

Forms

Synonyms

Tarpeian Mount · Capitolium · Capitoline

Translations (16)

pl Kapitol (hill in Rome) · la Capitōlium (hill in Rome) · fi Capitolium (hill in Rome) · la mōns Capitōlīnus (hill in Rome) · nl Capitolijn (hill in Rome) · la Capitōlīnus (hill in Rome) · fr Capitole (hill in Rome) · ru Капито́лий (hill in Rome) · de Kapitol (hill in Rome) · it Monte Capitolino (hill in Rome) · hy Կապիտոլիում (hill in Rome) · ka კაპიტოლიუმის ბორცვი (hill in Rome) · el Καπιτώλιο (hill in Rome) · it Campidoglio (hill in Rome) · grc Καπιτώλιον (hill in Rome) · la clīvus Capitōlīnus (hill in Rome)

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