Definition of The 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"

Exact synonyms: Capitol Hill
Group relationships: American Capital, Capital Of The United States, Washington, Washington D.c.
Generic synonyms: Hill

Lexicographical Neighbors of The Hill

the Buddha
the City
the Crane
the Depression
the English
the Fates
the Gloomy Dean
the Great Calamity
the Great Commoner
the Great Compromiser
the Great Depression
the Great Elector
the Great Hunger
the Great Starvation
the Green, White and Gold
the Hill (current term)
the Himalaya
the Indies
the Irish
the Irish Famine
the Iron Duke
the Jersey Lillie
the King of Swing
the Kingmaker
the Lady with the Lamp
the Little Corporal
the Nazarene
the Say Hey Kid
the Shiites
the Solent

Literary usage of The Hill

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Izaak Walton (1909)
"The reason why some do choose to go in by-ways The hill puts the pilgrims ... Then they set forward, and began to go up the Hill, and up the Hill they went; ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1912)
"The other two also came to the foot of the Hill. But when they saw that the Hill was steep and high, and that there was two other ways to go; and supposing ..."

3. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1838)
"hill; and the name of the way going up to the side of the hill is called Difficulty. Christian now went to the spring,64 and drank thereof to refresh ..."

4. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1844)
"Then I saw in my dream, that a little off the road, over-against the silver mine, stood Demas (gentleman-like) to call passengers to DEMAS AT the Hill LUCRE ..."

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