noun
Refers to a relatively small raised area of land, smaller and less imposing than a 山 in the ordinary sense.
公園の中央に小山がある。
There is a small hill in the middle of the park.
子どもたちは小山を駆け上がった。
The children ran up the knoll.
A transparent compound of 小, meaning 'small,' and 山, meaning 'mountain' or 'hill'; literally, a small mountain or hill.