Meaning of Leighton Hill | Babel Free

Definitions

A hill in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

Examples

“The erection of the following houses for senior officers was completed:-Two blocks each of four houses at Leighton Hill, three houses on Severn Road, one house for the Puisne Judge, and one house for a senior engineer, and, in addition, two contracts were let for two additional blocks of three houses each at Leighton Hill, and for one block containing six flats and four detached houses on the Homestead site, respectively.”

“The remnants of the Grenadiers held Mt. Cameron, the Royal Scots held Stubbs Road facing Middle Gap and the northern slopes of Mt. Nicholson, the Punjabis, only 35 strong, held the Filter Beds and two weak platoons of the Rajputs, with elements of 1st Middlesex, from Leighton Hill to the western side of Causeway Bay.”

“A residential site at Leighton Hill in Causeway Bay is expected to sell for more than $3 billion when tenders close on Friday.”

“After taking Bennet's Hill and Leighton Hill, the troops facing the West Brigade would all push westward with the goal of taking, on Christmas Day, the high ground northwest of Wan Chai Gap[…]”

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