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

The annual drills took place around Auli, a hill station in the northern state of Uttarakhand.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2022

She first took Zaira to a vet for a check-up and a canine parvovirus vaccine and then - finally - made her way to her home in Munnar, a hill station.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2022

Local media reported that over 100,000 vehicles entered the hill station.

From Reuters • Jan. 8, 2022

About 100 people were evacuated from a Lemon Tree resort in Nainital, a former British colonial hill station in Uttarakhand.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

But the year was 1852, and the setting was the offices of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the northern hill station of Dehra Dun.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer