Hilly city

The answer

ROME

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROME answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1977; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ROME

Every other clue in this collection answered by ROME, most used first.

• The Eternal City - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Italy's capital - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Capital of Italy - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Apple variety - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• City on the Tiber - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• It wasn't built in a day - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "When in __ ..." - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• European capital - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• Capital on the Tiber - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "Gladiator" setting - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• City of seven hills - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• "Coriolanus" setting - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Eternal City - used 16 times, most recently in 2008
• Trevi Fountain locale - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "All roads lead to __" - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Colosseum setting - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Julius Caesar" setting - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Seven Hills city - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• "La Dolce Vita" setting - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• New York city - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Spanish Steps city - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Colosseum site - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• City on seven hills - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Forum site - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Seven Hills site - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Trevi Fountain city - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Vatican surrounder - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• City surrounding the Vatican - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Colosseum city - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sophia Loren's birthplace - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Trevi Fountain site - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Vatican City surrounder - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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