Capitoline Hill
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Maquette_de_Rome_%28mus%C3%A9e_de_la_civilisation_romaine%2C_Rome%29_%285911810278%29.jpg/250px-Maquette_de_Rome_%28mus%C3%A9e_de_la_civilisation_romaine%2C_Rome%29_%285911810278%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]A calque of Latin Mons or Clivus Capitolīnus, from Capitolium (“Capitoline Hill”) + -inus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (“forming nouns”) or -ōlus (“-ole: forming diminutives”) + -ium (“forming location names”).
Proper noun
[edit]the Capitoline Hill
- The highest of the seven hills of Rome.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]hill in Rome
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