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Caelian

American  
[see-lee-uhn] / ˈsi li ən /

noun

  1. the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.


Caelian British  
/ ˈsiːlɪən /

noun

  1. the southeasternmost of the Seven Hills of Rome

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Caelian: When tour groups swarm down Via dei Fori Imperiali toward the Colosseum, I diverge.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2019

But inside the big military hospital on the Caelian Hill overlooking the Colosseum, a lone middle-aged woman moved with purpose.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chief monastery of the cenobitical Camaldolese is S. Gregorio on the Caelian Hill in Rome; they number less than forty.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

Bonifacio and Alessio, or S. Eusebio, on the Caelian Aventine and Esquiline, or among the old ecclesiastical foundations in Trastevere.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

He gave his own palace on the Caelian Hill as a site for a Christian temple.

From Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker by Golden, M. (Meletios)