Nilgiri Hills

American  

[nil-guh-ree] / ˈnɪl gə ri /

plural noun

1. a group of mountains in S India, in Madras state. Highest peak, Mt. Dodabetta, 8,760 feet (2,670 meters).

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Nilgiri Hills British  

/ ˈnɪlɡɪrɪ /

plural noun

1. a plateau in S India, in Tamil Nadu. Average height: 2000 m (6500 ft), reaching 2635 m (8647 ft) in Doda Betta

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Example Sentences

The scenic but economically depressed Nilgiri Hills, home to long-marginalized forest tribes, had never had an industry of its size when the factory began production in 1960.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2015

The native state of Mysore has seven, and the Nilgiri Hills have sanctuaries aggregating about 100,000 acres in area.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

I have never heard but one confirmatory instance of the former, which was told me by a planter on the Nilgiri Hills, who was opening some new land in quarters occasionally visited by tigers.

From Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Elliot, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

None in Mysore, Receipt for killing them used on Nilgiri Hills.

From Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Elliot, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

The transference of the plants was attended with considerable difficulty, but in 1861 under his superintendence a consignment of plants was planted in a favourable situation in the Nilgiri Hills.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various