"The Hill" is a common nickname for the most prominent geological feature of its kind in an area, or for the neighborhood, structures, or institutions associated with it. For example,
"The Hill" is a nickname for the Capitol Hill district in Washington, DC and by extension, the United States Congress. Similarly, "The Hill" may refer to
other Capitol Hills, as those of Denver, Colorado; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; or Seattle, Washington;
"Capital Hill," site of the Parliament House in Canberra, Australia;
The Hill (newspaper) is a weekly newspaper covering the U.S. Congress.
In slang, "the hill" refers, usually facetiously, to either the peak or the midpoint of one's life; someone who is "over the hill" may be said to be aging or in decline.
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The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is generally somewhat lower and less steep than a mountain.
Hills may form through a number of geomorphic phenomena: faulting, erosion of larger landforms, such as mountains and movement and deposition of sediment by glaciers (eg.
Hills have become sites for many famous battles, including the Battle of Bunker Hill (which was actually fought from Breed's Hill) in the American War for Independence and Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill in the Battle of Gettysburg, the turning point of the American Civil War.
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