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Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill proper noun: the hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol is located, where Congress holds its sessions.

Proper noun

Capitol Hill

  1. The hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol is located, where Congress holds its sessions.
    • She spent a great deal of time culturing new contacts on Capitol Hill.
  2. A neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
  3. (metonymically) the United States Congress
    • Let me put it this way: The girl in question was no novice to Washington nor to the ways of Capitol Hill.1975, Ralph de Toledano, Hit & Run: The Rise--And Fall?--Of Ralph Nader, page 120
    • At the same time, the failure of conservatives to invest in Capitol Hill lobbying that could be coordinated with their grass-roots efforts represents a strategic misallocation of resources.2000, Jeffrey M. Berry, The New Liberalism: The Rising Power of Citizen Groups, page 102
  4. A neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
    Synonyms:
    Cap Hill
  5. A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
    Synonyms:
    Cap Hill

Capitol Hill meaning in Arabic

Capitol Hill in Arabic

the hill in Washington, DC
كَابِيتُول هِيل kābitul hil

Examples of Capitol Hill in a sentence

  • The Ninety-fourth Congress would be emphatically Democratic, and Ford's base of support on Capitol Hill would be narrower and weaker.2005, Yanek Mieczkowski, Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s, page 62:
  • I cannot count how many letters I received from Capitol Hill in the 1990s outlining one scheme or another to spend more or tax less2007, Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, page 233:
  • A political reality of Capitol Hill is that the party in control has always taken care of its own and, as the minority sees it, gives them "the shaft."2007, John W. Dean, Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, page 30:
  • Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and other tech luminaries have all been dressed down on Capitol Hill by lawmakers upset with their companies.2023 May 16, Cecilia Kang, “OpenAI’s Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the...

Synonyms of Capitol Hill

Questions about Capitol Hill

What does Capitol Hill mean?
Capitol Hill means the hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol is located, where Congress holds its sessions.
What is Capitol Hill in Arabic?
Capitol Hill in Arabic is كَابِيتُول هِيل (kābitul hil). See Capitol Hill meaning in Arabic.
How do you use Capitol Hill in a sentence?
The Ninety-fourth Congress would be emphatically Democratic, and Ford's base of support on Capitol Hill would be narrower and weaker.
What part of speech is Capitol Hill?
Capitol Hill is a proper noun.

Words near Capitol Hill in the dictionary

  1. capitellum
  2. capites
  3. Capito
  4. capitofemoral
  5. capitol
  6. Capitol Hill
  7. Capitol Site
  8. Capitola
  9. capitoli
  10. Capitolia
  11. Capitolian

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