Seven Hills of Rome

American  

plural noun

1. the seven hills (the Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, and Viminal) on and about which the ancient city of Rome was built.

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Seven Hills of Rome British  

plural noun

1. the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built: the Palatine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Caelian, Aventine, Esquiline, and Viminal

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Example Sentences

The villa of the matron Domitia Lucilla, the mother of Marcus, stood embowered in delightful gardens on the Cœlian Hill, the most easterly of the famous Seven Hills of Rome.

From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter

She spoke of the Seven Hills of Rome as "horrid little hills!"

From Twelve Stories and a Dream by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

She spoke of the Seven Hills of Rome as "horrid little hills "!

From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

"I swear it by the Seven Hills of Rome!"

From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Sinclair, Upton