Meanings
- 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.
- metonymicallythe 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 1205 more examples
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 102The 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 62I cannot count how many letters I received from Capitol Hill in the 1990s outlining one scheme or another to spend more or tax less
2007, Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, page 233A 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 30Republicans on Capitol Hill, who were gearing up to use Graeme as evidence that Democrats have overexpanded the health program to include families wealthy enough to afford private insurance, have backed off.
2007 October 10, David M. Herszenhorn, “Capitol Feud: A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020 - A neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
Synonyms: Cap Hill
- A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
Synonyms: Cap Hill
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
proper nounA neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
Translations
Arabic كَابِيتُول هِيل
- كَابِيتُول هِيل (kābitul hil)the hill in Washington, DC
Chinese Mandarin 國會山 /国会山
- 國會山 /国会山 (Guóhuìshān)the hill in Washington, DC
Finnish Capitol Hill
- Capitol Hillthe hill in Washington, DC
French Capitole, colline du Capitole
- Capitolethe hill in Washington, DC
- colline du Capitolethe hill in Washington, DC
- Capitol Hillthe hill in Washington, DC
German Capitol Hill, Kapitol
- Capitol Hillthe hill in Washington, DC
- Kapitolthe hill in Washington, DC
Japanese キャピトル・ヒル
- キャピトル・ヒル (Kyapitoru-Hiru)the hill in Washington, DC
Russian Капитоли́йский холм, Капито́лий
- Капитоли́йский холм (Kapitolíjskij xolm)the hill in Washington, DC
- Капито́лий (Kapitólij)the hill in Washington, DC
Cite this entry
Capitol Hill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Capitol%20Hill
“Capitol Hill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Capitol%20Hill. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Capitol Hill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Capitol%20Hill.
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