hill station

American  

noun

1. 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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hill station British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of hill station

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Four years older than me, he was dispatched to an American boarding school in Kodaikanal, a “hill station” scattered across the crevices of the Palani Hills, the eastern stretch of the Western Ghats mountain range.

From The Wall Street Journal

Light rail service was halted at 7th Street/Metro Center Station, and service was also potentially disrupted — depending on the train line — at Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station, Historic Broadway Station, and Little Tokyo/Arts District Station.

From Los Angeles Times

Describing Stewart as a "local TV legend" the spokesman added: "Long since retired from Sun Hill station - but he's still got it."

From BBC

Filming took place on the canal in Gas Street Basin area on Monday evening, after other action was shot in Cornwall Street, which is part of a network of streets with impressive redbrick buildings near Snow Hill station.

From BBC

Livery Street is close to Birmingham's city centre, near an entrance to Snow Hill station.

From BBC