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foot⋅hill

  [foot-hil]
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–noun
a low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; foot + hill
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foot·hill   (fŏŏt'hĭl')   
n.  A hill near the base of a mountain or mountain range.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

foothill 
"a hill that leads up to a mountain," 1850, Amer.Eng., from foot + hill.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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