hill station

plural hill stations · alternative hill-station

1. MyanmarSouth AsiaUKIn 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.

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

   1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 144

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   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.

   1897, Andrew Lang, chapter 4, in The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

   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.

   1964 May 28, Victor Anant, “Indians' anxious look at the era after Nehru”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 10 Jun 2009

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

   2006 October 15, Vijay Singh, “From Navi Mumbai, chilling is a drive away”, in Times of India, retrieved 10 Jun 2009