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hill station en · NOUN

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1. (Myanmar, South-Asia, UK) 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.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • 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:

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