The Latin collis led to colle and then came to Italian as collina . From this term comes the concept of hill , which refers to a prominence of the terrain that occurs naturally.
Hills, therefore, are elevations . Unlike mountains, they do not usually exceed 100 meters in height . Therefore, a hill is an elevation of lower height than a mountain.
Also called mounds , hillocks or buttes in some cases, hills usually arise for geomorphological reasons. The transfer of sediments from a glacier, a geological fault or the erosion of a mountain are some of the causes that can lead, over time, to the appearance of a hill.
Throughout history many hills were chosen to begin the construction of a settlement. The height was useful to observe if enemies were approaching and to avoid problems arising from the flooding of a river located in the vicinity.
In addition to everything indicated, we cannot ignore the fact that the term that concerns us now has also been used in the field of cinema. This would be the case of the movie “The Englishman Who Climbed a Hill and Came Down a Mountain.” It is a British film directed by Christopher Monger and released in 1995.
Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald and Colm Meaney are some of the actors that make up the cast of this feature film that tells how two cartographers, in 1917, arrive in a small British town to make the necessary measurements as they are preparing the new map. of Wales. The problem they will have is that the neighbors want an area that they consider “the first mountain in Wales” to be established as a mountain on that map.
However, when cartographers make the pertinent measurements they come across the fact that due to its height they cannot establish it as a mountain but simply as a hill. A fact that will lead the local inhabitants to try to implement different plans to ensure that it reaches the necessary height.
In the literary field, on the other hand, there is the work “Watership Hill”. It is a novel written by the English writer Richard Adams. It was published in 1972, it is aimed at children and years later it would be brought to the big screen by filmmaker Martin Rosen. It takes as its protagonist a rabbit named Fiver who has visions about the end of his burrow.
When choline derives from the scientific Latin cholina , its use is linked to the field of chemistry . Choline is the substance that, as part of lecithins, is found in the bile of some species and functions as a neurotransmitter.
Considered an essential nutrient , choline is a molecule that allows cells to carry out their functions normally. A deficiency of choline in the body can cause hypertension, bone problems, infertility and other disorders.
Colina , finally, is a surname shared by personalities such as Braulio Carrillo Colina (former head of State of Costa Rica ) and the Venezuelan Oscar de Jesús Colina (singer).