Chiltern Hills

American  

[chil-tern] / ˈtʃɪl tərn /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a range of chalk hills in Oxford and Buckinghamshire, S England. Highest peak, Coombe Hill, 852 feet (260 meters).

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Chiltern Hills British  

/ ˈtʃɪltən /

plural noun

1. a range of low chalk hills in SE England extending northwards from the Thames valley. Highest point: 260 m (852 ft)

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Example Sentences

Its felling had been delayed since last year after bats were discovered roosting at the site, which is in the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2021

Her sense of restlessness was crystallized by a family tragedy: in 2003, her father, a recreational pilot, died in a plane crash when he was flying solo in the Chiltern Hills.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

She spent her childhood across the Chiltern Hills in Wheatley, where her father was a vicar.

From Economist • Jul. 14, 2016

Slater's production takes this basic idea and shouts it across the Chiltern Hills.

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2012

In the Chiltern Hills especially, and generally along the chalk escarpments, a flat-bottomed valley with an intermittent stream winds into the hill and ends suddenly in a cirque.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various