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丘陵 [news1,nf14]
きゅうりょう [news1,nf14]
1. [n]
▶ hill
▶ hillock
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2567510 陵丘【りょうきゅう】 1. hill
2. [n]
▶ rolling hills
▶ foothills



History:
2. A 2023-09-09 01:29:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, 中辞典, etc. Koj, Daijr/s
  Comments:
Better as two senses, as in the kokugos.
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16,5 @@
-<gloss>hills</gloss>
+<gloss>hill</gloss>
+<gloss>hillock</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
1. A* 2023-09-09 01:02:23  Anonymous
  Refs:
新明解国語辞典 第五版:
平地の周縁や山地の入口に位置し、似たような起伏が帯状に続いた、やや高い土地。

goo:
1 小さな山。おか。
2 ゆるやかな起伏の低い山が続く地形。「―地帯」
  Comments:
goo [2] is very close to "rolling hills".
新明解 mentions "山地の入口に位置し", i.e. foothills.
These two terms will give learners a better image of the type of terrain the word refers to. 
"Hills" might should be pluralized as the word doesn't seem to refer to one single solitary hill in a vacuum (say, in the middle of a flat plain).
  Diff:
@@ -16 +16,3 @@
-<gloss>hill</gloss>
+<gloss>hills</gloss>
+<gloss>rolling hills</gloss>
+<gloss>foothills</gloss>

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