Viminal

American  

[vim-uh-nl] / ˈvɪm ə nl /

noun

1. one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.

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Viminal British  

/ ˈvɪmɪnəl /

noun

1. one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built

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Etymology

Origin of Viminal

from Latin Vīminālis Collis the Viminal Hill, from vīminālis of osiers, from vīmen an osier, referring to the willow grove on the hill

Example Sentences

The frantic Stazione Termini is at the opposite base of the Viminal.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2019

Steps from Stazione Termini on the Viminal, this newly opened cafe’s finest asset is its terrace restaurant shaded by large umbrellas and encircled by raised flowering terra-cotta planters.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2019

Viminal: Trajan's triumphal column and ancient marketplace bathe in direct sunlight, which quickly becomes exhausting.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2019

The wind had changed, and blew now with mighty force from the sea, bearing toward the C�lian, the Esquiline, and the Viminal rivers of flame, brands, and cinders.

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah

Palatine, Aventine, Capitoline, Coelian, Quirinal, Viminal, and Esquilian,—for, though new suburbs grew up beyond this wall, the legal limits of the city were not changed until the times of the empire.

From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Gilman, Arthur