City on a Hill

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
COAH
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪti ɔn ə hɪl/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. You are the light of the world. a city on a hill cannot be hidden.
  2. He is convinced that America is still thea shining city on a hill, an empire of liberty, the last best hope of Earth.
  3. Literally set over the city, high on a hill, the site rests free from the condensed urban environment yet is still integrated with the land and water below.
  4. A city of central Italy on a hill overlooking the Tiber River north of Rome.
  5. But a city which is built foursquare, enclosed in a circle or on the top of a hill, and established on a rock, can neither fall nor be hidden.

Other meanings of COAH