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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The brothers grew up on a 160-acre ranch at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada.
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Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 28 July 2025
In the coastal province of Shandong, flash floods destroyed 19 houses in foothill villages last week, killing two people and leaving 10 more missing, after half a year’s worth of rain fell in five hours overnight.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West in Scottsdale Taliesin West in Scottsdale's McDowell Mountains foothills came from the mind of Frank Lloyd Wright, among the most significant architects of the 20th century.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
The arrest was announced by Sheriff Tyson Pogue three days after 75-year-old Robert Boyajian was reported missing from his home at Bass Lake, a resort community in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 18 July 2025
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Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 28 July 2025
In the coastal province of Shandong, flash floods destroyed 19 houses in foothill villages last week, killing two people and leaving 10 more missing, after half a year’s worth of rain fell in five hours overnight.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West in Scottsdale Taliesin West in Scottsdale's McDowell Mountains foothills came from the mind of Frank Lloyd Wright, among the most significant architects of the 20th century.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
The arrest was announced by Sheriff Tyson Pogue three days after 75-year-old Robert Boyajian was reported missing from his home at Bass Lake, a resort community in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 18 July 2025
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“Foothill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foothill. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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foothill
noun
foot·hill
-ˌhil
: a hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains
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