hill station
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.
Origin of hill station
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How to use hill station in a sentence
Coorg is a hill station outside the major city of Bangalore in central-southern India.
And, smiling, he waved his hand and parted from his friend in the booking office of Ludgate hill station.
The Invasion | William Le QueuxNo one passes it without remarking that it is the best site for a hill-station in Northern India.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund CandlerAnd the heat crept up from its kingdom in the Plains below and laughed at our boasts of the coolness of our hill station.
Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon CasserlyAnd certainly this latter is a better way for the youngster to spend his holiday than loafing about a hill station.
Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon Casserly
Jack Darling having arrived at Muktiarbad while Mrs. Fox was at a hill station, their acquaintance was only in its initial stage.
Banked Fires | E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
British Dictionary definitions for hill station
(in northern India) a settlement or resort at a high altitude
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