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Parliament Hill
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English
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Etymology
From en parliament hill.
Ottawa From being a en rise and en promontory over the en Ottawa Ottawa River hosting parliament buildings.
Quebec en fr Colline parlementaire From being a en rise and en promontory over the en 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
en Canada en hill city/Ottawa p/Ontario c/Canada.
en Barrack Hill <q:former name>
en Canada politics The Canadian federal government and its houses of parliament
en Quebec en hill city/Quebec City p/Quebec c/Canada.
en Parlement Hill
en UK en hill in North city/London cc/England c/UK.
en Traitors' Hill <q:former name>
Translations
hill in Ottawa
French: fr colline du Parlement, fr Colline du Parlement
hill in Quebec
French: fr Colline parlementaire, fr Colline Parlementaire
See also
en Parliament Houses of Parliament House of Parliament Palace of Parliament Capitol Capital Capitol Hill Capital Hill