“they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia”
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Areopagus
a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
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Golgotha
a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
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Sion
originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
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Cotswold Hills
a range of low hills in southwestern England
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Cheviot Hills
a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland
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Pennine Chain
a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers
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Seven Hills of Rome
the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built
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Palatine
the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
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Flodden
a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513
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Nilgiri Hills
hills in southern India
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Capitol Hill
a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets
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Breed's Hill
a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775
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San Juan Hill
a hill in eastern Cuba (near Santiago de Cuba) that was captured during the Spanish-American War
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butte
a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
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foothill
a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain
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hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll, mound
a small natural hill
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tor
a high rocky hill
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anthill, formicary
a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest
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kopje, koppie
a small hill rising up from the African veld
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molehill
a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing
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elevation, natural elevation
a raised or elevated geological formation