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CAPITOL HILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets
Example:
they are debating the budget today on Capitol Hill
Synonyms:
Capitol Hill; the Hill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
Holonyms ("Capitol Hill" is a part of...):
American capital; capital of the United States; Washington; Washington D.C. (the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791)
