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Capitol Hill

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What does Capitol Hill mean?

proper noun

  1. The hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol is located, where Congress holds its sessions.
  2. A neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
  3. the United States Congress
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. A neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
  2. A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
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If it were now possible to find some section of country so far up above the forks of the creek that the owls mate there with the chickens, and if this section could send to Congress one of its provincials untainted by the outside world, he would, if at all intelligent, soon after arriving on Capitol Hill become aware of interdependencies between his remote province and the rest of the world.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314