The Collaborative International Dictionary
Colline \Col"line\, n. [F. colline, fr. L. collis a hill.] A small hill or mount. [Obs.]
And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds.
--Evelyn.
Wiktionary
n. A small hill or mount.
Wikipedia
Colline is a 1929 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. It has also been published as Hill of Destiny. It tells the story of a small hamlet in Provence where the superstitious residents struggle against nature, as their settlement is struck by several misfortunes. Colline was Giono's debut novel. It is the first installment in the author's Pan trilogy; it was followed by the standalone novels Lovers are Never Losers and Second Harvest.
Usage examples of "colline".
Apres un bonjour echange, il se remit en marche, et, au lieu de continuer la grande route, prit le vieux chemin qui montait droit a la colline.
She and her brother were probably distant relatives of some kind, his own as well as his hosts', Collines or Littlewoods or Picards.
Andavamo a nord, attraversando le belle colline della contea di Contra Costa, che si srotolavano sotto un cielo scuro e nuvoloso.
Answering cheers arose right and left, from the Colline and the Naevian gates and the pillagers, hemmed in, unequal to the fight, and with every way of escape blocked, were cut to pieces.
Il sentiero lo condusse vicino a una cresta rocciosa e viscida, che il fiume lambiva impetuoso prima di precipitare e frangersi sulle colline verdeggianti.
Se nello scontro ci fosse stata una forte sparatoria, i colpi sarebbero riecheggiati attraverso i boschi e sulle colline nude, cosicché le poche persone che si trovavano nella zona, vicini o automobilisti di passaggio, avrebbero avuto difficoltà a determinare il punto di origine degli spari.