hill station

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.

hill station

First recorded in 1875–80

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.

No one passes it without remarking that it is the best site for a hill-station in Northern India.

And the heat crept up from its kingdom in the Plains below and laughed at our boasts of the coolness of our Hill Station.

And certainly this latter is a better way for the youngster to spend his holiday than loafing about a Hill Station.

Jack Darling having arrived at Muktiarbad while Mrs. Fox was at a hill station, their acquaintance was only in its initial stage.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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