Parliament Hill
English
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Etymology
editparliament + hill.
- (Ottawa): From being a rise and promontory over the Ottawa River hosting parliament buildings.
- (Quebec): Calque of French Colline parlementaire From being a rise and promontory over the Saint-Lawrence River hosting parliament buildings.
- (London): From being a gathering place for troops of the Parliamentarians (Roundheads) during the English Civil War. Apocryphally, the location where the Gunpowder Plot was planned, to blowup the Palace of Westminster (Parliament).
Proper noun
edit- (Canada) A hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Synonym: (former name) Barrack Hill
- (Canada, politics) The Canadian federal government and its houses of parliament
- (Quebec) A hill in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Synonym: Parlement Hill
- (UK) A hill in North London, England, United Kingdom
- Synonym: (former name) Traitors' Hill
Translations
edithill in Ottawa
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hill in Quebec
See also
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- English compound terms
- English terms calqued from French
- English terms derived from French
- English lemmas
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- Canadian English
- en:Hills
- en:Places in Ottawa
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Politics
- Quebec English
- en:Places in Quebec City
- en:Places in Quebec
- British English
- en:Places in London
- en:Places in Greater London, England
- en:Places in England