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Janiculum

[ juh-nik-yuh-luhm ]

noun

  1. a ridge near the Tiber in Rome, Italy.


Janiculum

/ dʒəˈnɪkjʊləm /

noun

  1. a hill in Rome across the River Tiber from the Seven Hills
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Verbenna down to Ostia hath wasted all the plain; Astur hath storm'd Janiculum, and the stout guards are slain.

In 468, the people again withdrew to the Janiculum, demanding the remission of debts, and crying out against usury.

Behind it rises the Janiculum, in front of it runs the Tiber, and on both sides of it are narrow lanes cut off by high walls.

They did not say Janiculum was lost, but they left us perhaps deservedly uneasy on the point.

He advanced towards the gate called Janiculum upon the Tiber, and drove the Romans out of the fort on the other side the river.

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