Meaning of Beacon Hill | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A suburb of Sydney in the Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
2. A hill in Sha Tin district, Hong Kong.
3. An area of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
4. A neighbourhood of Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City district, Hong Kong.
5. The Massachusetts state legislature and government.
   metonymically
6. A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.

Examples

“Soon after, the king's jack was set up at the Fort, and a pair of colors at Beacon Hill: which gave notice to some thousands of soldiers on Charlestown side that the controversy was now to be ended; and multitudes would have been there, but that there was no need.”

“Ordered, That the Members of Boston prepare the draft of a Bill for the better securing Beacon-Hill in the Town of Boston.”

“The work on Beacon Hill should be repaired, and, in my opinion, be made strong, as it commands Fort Hill and all the lower works, and would endanger the loss of them, if it should be possessed by the enemy.”

“Some British officers, soon after Gage's arrival in Boston, walking on Beacon-Hill after sunset, were affrighted by noises in the air (supposed to be the flying of bugs and beetles) which they took to be the sound of bullets, and left the hill with great precipitation”

“Beacon-hill is the second of a range of three hills which runs from the head of Hanover street W. to the water. This hill is the highest within the peninsula, and is situated on the western side of the Common. It affords an extensive prospect of the harbour, a considerable distance into the bay, and of the surrounding adjacent country. On the top of this hill was fixed a beacon, whence the hill has its name; the design of it was to alarm the country in case of invasion, by setting fire to a barrel of tar fixed on the top of it.”

“A magnificent State House is erected in Boston, on the south side of Beacon hill, fronting the mall, the corner stone of which was laid with great formality and parade on the 4th of July, 1795: this superb edifice over-tops the monument on Beacon Hill.”

“In Boston, the Government Center, designed by Rudolph and a team of associated architects, is a vast fortress-like complex of corduroy concrete sweeping around a huge site at the base of Beacon Hill. The building is overwhelming: its facade is nearly a third of a mile long.”

“Winchester approved the suggestion. Beacon Hill passed the enabling legislation, and the town voters ratified it.”

“In 1965, when Beacon Hill passed the anti-segregation Racial Imbalance Law and thereby gave the Boston School committee warning of the shape of things to come, Robert Dentler and Alex Rodriguez were still in New York.”

“Already in 2009, the Massachusetts Family Institute had run radio ads warning mothers that they may no longer want to let their young daughters use public restrooms because "Beacon Hill is about to make it legal for men to use women's bathrooms."”

“As part of our Hong Kong Humans series, Ruixue Zhang finds that the city offers some incredible views… for those brave enough to scale Beacon Hill.”

“There are only 45 units in this low-density and extremely prestigious development on Beacon Hill. It faces south with spectacular views over Kowloon Peninsula, Victoria Harbour and the mountains of The Peak.”

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