Viminal

English

Etymology

From Italian Viminale

Proper noun

Viminal

1. The smallest of the seven hills of Rome, Italy.
   • 1950 February, “The "Rome Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:

     Rome Termini is the only long-distance passenger station serving the city. Situated on the Viminal, one of the Seven Hills, near the Baths of Diocletian, it was opened in 1871 during the expansion of Rome after it had become the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vīminālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.mi.nal/

Proper noun

Viminal m

1. Viminal Hill (one of the seven hills in Rome)

   Coordinate terms: Aventin, Capitole, Esquilin, Palatin, Quirinal