Meaning of hill station | Babel Free

Definitions

In South and Southeast Asia, a small community located at a relatively high elevation which serves as a retreat or vacation location during the hot summers; historically, a village or military post so used by colonial officials.

British, Myanmar, South-Asia

Examples

“The message flashed to the Hill stations. — “Cholera — Leave stopped — Officers recalled.””

“In 1854, General Barter, C.B., was a subaltern in the 75th Regiment, and was doing duty at the hill station of Murree in the Punjaub.”

“At 6.25 a.m. today Mr Nehru, who had gone to sleep last night "fresh and fit" after his short holiday at a hill station, had a stroke.”

“For builder Rakesh Prajapati, the ideal weekend is trekking up the wild path to reach hill station Matheran.”

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