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n. - A small natural slope.

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  • (There's now what can best be described as a hillock on the back of that hand).
  • The temple of lord Ramalingeswara atop Yanamalakuduru hillock, which is arguably the single largest crowd puller during the festival, has been decorated specially.
  • Some rotting timbers of it may still be left, for the black people who live thereabout keep away, especially at night, believing that the hillock is a resort of spirits.
  • From the edge of the cliff at Geesh the ground slopes to the marsh, in whose centre is a hillock, which is the altar on which the religious ceremonies of the Agows are...
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