City of Seven Hills

American  

noun

1. Rome, Italy (used as a nickname).

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Example Sentences

Sure, Seattle is the “City of Seven Hills,” even if, “The number is arbitrary and does not accurately describe Seattle’s topography of numerous hills, ridges and bluffs left behind by the retreat of the Vashon Glacier some 14,000 years ago,” says HistoryLink.

From Seattle Times

Either way, you can recycle your campaign yard signs — plastic film, corrugated plastic, and paper signs plus the metal stands — at the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District, reports the city of Seven Hills, Ohio — which refers to itself as a “nonpartisan” recycler.

From Washington Times

A 45-mile dash westwards - for the hardy, perhaps a journey to be made by bicycle - brings this steady climb up England's most daunting inclines to the city of seven hills.

From BBC

With a Burst of Color, Turkey’s Public Walkways Become a Focus of Quiet Protest In Istanbul, known as the city of seven hills, dozens of public stairways crisscross centuries-old neighborhoods, giving pedestrians a way to avoid heavy car traffic on the streets.

From New York Times

But in half an hour I was high above the urban hustle-and-bustle, surrounded by vivid orange-earth and green-hills landscapes, encircled by yellow butterflies and appreciating why Kampala is called the “city of seven hills.”

From New York Times