hill town

noun

A town located among hills, especially when built there to make invasions difficult.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

hill town1

nounhill town (plural hill towns)

plural hill towns · alternative hilltown

  1. A town located among hills, especially when built there to make invasions difficult.

Hill Town2

proper noun
  1. historicalThe former name of the unincorporated community of Old Hilltown, Monterey County, California.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
old hilltown
Cite this entry
APA

hill town. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hill%20town

MLA

“hill town.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hill%20town. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hill town,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hill%20town.

Source: hill town on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.