foothill
noun
foot·hill
ˈfu̇t-ˌhil 
1
: a hill at the foot of higher hills
2
foothills plural
: a hilly region at the base of a mountain range
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Residents in Chinese Camp describe the devastation to their small foothills town about 60 miles west of Yosemite National Park.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Tucked into the foothills of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Woodstock is the kind of place that surprises you.
—Tykesha Spivey Burton, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Surry County is in the Blue Ridge foothills of northwestern North Carolina, about 40 miles from Winston-Salem.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Tucked into the foothills of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Woodstock is the kind of place that surprises you.
—Tykesha Spivey Burton, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Surry County is in the Blue Ridge foothills of northwestern North Carolina, about 40 miles from Winston-Salem.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
The newest species, Colombocricus tegua, was found in the foothills of the Andes mountains in the department of Boyacá, researchers said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foothill. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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foothill
noun
foot·hill
-ˌhil
: a hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains
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