Capitol Hill

English

Proper noun

Capitol Hill

1. The hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol is located, where Congress holds its sessions.

   Culture new contacts on Capitol Hill.

2. A neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
3. (metonymically) the United States Congress
   • 1975, Ralph de Toledano, Hit & Run: The Rise--And Fall?--Of Ralph Nader, page 120:

     Let me put it this way: The girl in question was no novice to Washington nor to the ways of Capitol Hill.

   • 2000, Jeffrey M. Berry, The New Liberalism: The Rising Power of Citizen Groups, page 102:

     At the same time, the failure of conservatives to invest in Capitol Hill lobbying that could be coordinated with their grass-roots efforts represents a strategic misallocation of resources.

   • 2005, Yanek Mieczkowski, Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s, page 62:

     The Ninety-fourth Congress would be emphatically Democratic, and Ford's base of support on Capitol Hill would be narrower and weaker.

   • 2007, Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, page 233:

     I cannot count how many letters I received from Capitol Hill in the 1990s outlining one scheme or another to spend more or tax less

   • 2007, John W. Dean, Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, page 30:

     A political reality of Capitol Hill is that the party in control has always taken care of its own and, as the minority sees it, gives them "the shaft."

4. A neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
5. A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.

Synonyms

• (neighborhood in Denver): Cap Hill
• (neighborhood in Seattle): Cap Hill

Translations

the hill in Washington, DC

• Arabic: كَابِيتُول هِيل m (kābitul hil)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美國國會大廈／美国国会大厦 (Měiguó guóhuì dàshà), 國會山／国会山 (Guóhuì shān)

• Finnish: Capitol Hill
• French: Capitole (fr) m, colline du Capitole f, Capitol Hill m
• Georgian: კაპიტოლიუმის ბორცვი (ḳaṗiṭoliumis borcvi)
• German: Capitol Hill n, Kapitol (de) n
• Japanese: キャピトル・ヒル (Kyapitoru-Hiru)
• Russian: Капитоли́йский холм m (Kapitolíjskij xolm), Капито́лий (ru) m (Kapitólij)

Congress — see Congress