hill station

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noun

a village, post, or the like, especially in S Asia, at a high altitude where government officials and others can be stationed to escape the great heat of tropical summers.

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Origin of hill station

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby hill station

Hillsborough, Hillsdale, Hills Hoist , hillside, hillsite, hill station, hilltop, hilly, Hillyer, Hilo, hilt

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How to use hill station in a sentence

Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Cruce operates the Iron Hill Campground on the other side of the highway.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“We met the smuggler in the train station; he came to speak with us about the services he provided,” Yazbek says.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The procession continued on to the Cypress Hill Cemetery, where Ramos was buried the week before.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
My station was on the right of the line, where the breastwork, ending in a redoubt, was steep and high.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The General in command of the station was a feeble old man, suffering from senile decay.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
It was only the engine drawing the train of cars up to the station to take the passengers away.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
There is an odd triangular-shaped hill that rises on one side very boldly and abruptly, called the Fox's Head.
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British Dictionary definitions for hill station

hill station

noun

(in northern India) a settlement or resort at a high altitude

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