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SEVEN HILLS OF ROME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Seven Hills of Rome mean?
• SEVEN HILLS OF ROME (noun)
The noun SEVEN HILLS OF ROME has 1 sense:
1. the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built
Familiarity information: SEVEN HILLS OF ROME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
Meronyms (parts of "Seven Hills of Rome"):
Palatine (the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces)
Holonyms ("Seven Hills of Rome" is a part of...):
capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)
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