English Explanatory Dictionary

Janiculum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hill in western Rome, Italy.

Word forms

Janiculum the Janiculum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iāniculum, from the name of the Roman deity Iānus (“Janus”), from iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).

Synonyms

Janiculan Hill
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