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Parliament Hill en · PROPN

Etymology

From parliament + hill. * (Ottawa): From being a rise and promontory over the Ottawa River hosting parliament buildings. * (Quebec): Calque of French Colline parlementaire From being a rise and promontory over the Saint-Lawrence River hosting parliament buildings. * (London): From being a gathering place for troops of the Parliamentarians (Roundheads) during the English Civil War. Apocryphally, the location where the Gunpowder Plot was planned, to blowup the Palace of Westminster (Parliament).

Meanings

  1. (Canada) A hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  2. (Canada) The Canadian federal government and its houses of parliament
  3. (Quebec) A hill in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
  4. (UK) A hill in North London, England, United Kingdom.

Relateds

Capital · Capitol Hill · Parliament · Capital Hill · Capitol · Palace of Parliament · Houses of Parliament · House of Parliament

Synonyms

Parlement Hill · Traitors' Hill · Barrack Hill

Translations (4)

fr Colline du Parlement (hill in Ottawa) · fr Colline parlementaire (hill in Quebec) · fr colline du Parlement (hill in Ottawa) · fr Colline Parlementaire (hill in Quebec)