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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).


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sarah Graham runs Hilltops Ukrainian Support Community, which has helped almost 600 people settle into the area around the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, three-quarters of whom are now in their own homes.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2025

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

It lies at an elevation of about 500 ft. on the bleak northward slope of the Chiltern Hills.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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