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PRONUNCIATION OF HILL STATION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HILL STATION

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Hill station is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HILL STATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hill station

Hill station

A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia, but also in Africa, for towns founded by European colonial rulers as refuges from the summer heat, up where temperatures are cooler. In the Indian context most hill stations are at an altitude of approximately 1,000 to 2,500 metres; very few are outside this range.

Definition of hill station in the English dictionary

The definition of hill station in the dictionary is a settlement or resort at a high altitude.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HILL STATION

hill
hill climb
hill climber
hill climbing
hill country
hill farm
hill farmer
hill farming
hill mynah
Hill of Tara
hill start
hill walker
hill walking
Hilla
Hillary
hillbillies
hillbilly
hillbilly music
hillcrest

WORDS THAT END LIKE HILL STATION

accreditation
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administration
animation
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citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
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Synonyms and antonyms of hill station in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hill station» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HILL STATION

Find out the translation of hill station to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hill station from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hill station» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

山站
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estación de la colina
570 millions of speakers

English

hill station
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिल स्टेशन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محطة التل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

станция холм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estação de montanha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাহাড় স্টেশন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

station de colline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stesen bukit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Station Hügel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒルステーション
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

언덕 역
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gunung stasiun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trạm đồi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மலை நிலையம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिल स्टेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tepe istasyonu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

collina stazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Stacja Hill
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

станція пагорб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stație de deal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λόφο σταθμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heuwel stasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hill station
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ås stasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hill station

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HILL STATION»

The term «hill station» is regularly used and occupies the 67.585 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HILL STATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hill station

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HILL STATION»

Discover the use of hill station in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hill station and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Hill Station: An Unfinished Novel And Indian Diary
An Incomplete Fiction Yet Readable For Its With And Irony, It Centres Around The Ructions Between The Ritualistic Clergyman And His Bishop And Congregation When J.G. Farell Returns To Life In The Hill Stations Of Simla.
J.G. Farrell, 1981
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The Hill Station: And an Indian Diary
And for the Bishop of Simla, rainclouds are not the only storms on the horizon¿ The Hill Station is the novel on which J.G. Farrell was working at the time of his tragically early accidental death.
James Gordon Farrell, John Spurling, 1993
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The Hill Station
And for the Bishop of Simla, rainclouds are not the only storms on the horizon¿ The Hill Station is the novel on which J.G. Farrell was working at the time of his tragically early accidental death.
J.G. Farrell, 2010
4
The Road to Castle Hill: A High Country Love Story
This joyful book tells of the trials, tribulations and triumphs of high country life.
Christine Fernyhough, Louise Callan, 2007
5
The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj
For all its hyperbole, this image of the hill station was in certain crucial respects an accurate one. Above all, it conveyed the fact that hill stations sought to isolate their seasonal residents from India's harsher features, to offer them a comforting ...
Dane Keith Kennedy, 1996
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Retc Conference Proceedings 2007
Dominic Parmantier Condon Johnson & Associates, Inc. ABSTRACT Sequential excavation of the Beacon Hill Station has been accomplished in highly complex and inter-layered sand, silt, and clay soils with multiple perched groundwater ...
Michael T. Traylor, John W. Townsend, 2007
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Enhanced Boiling Heat Transfer
WA ABSTRACT: Construction of the Beacon Hill Station in Seattle, WA, is presently underway. This project involves some of the deepest and largest scale SEM tunneling work ever undertaken in soft ground. This paper provides an update of ...
Raghu N. Singh, Ajoy K. Ghose, 1990
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Calling the Station Home: Place and Identity in New ...
Double Hill station from settlement until the present illustrates the evolution and continuity of inheritance patterns in station life and reveals how intergenera- tional continuity of family ownership and connection to place can be perpetuated  ...
Michèle D. Dominy, 2001
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The Hill Station of Matheran
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Elyne E. Oliver, 2010
10
Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most ...
-_ 1 1 1761. 4 951 In hollow. foot of hill be- 1 1 2203. 9 887 12 m., station 7 to 8.-. _. 1 1 1784. 2 tween stations 318: 32. 888 Station 8 ............. .. 1 1 1817. 8 952 Camp 34, Epsom sprin". . 3 1' 1 2171. 4 889 Foot of hill, station 9_..- 1 1 1824.
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HILL STATION»

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After last year's fiasco: 'Comprehensive' traffic plan prepared for …
... to counter the seasonal traffic jam on Murree Road on the Eid holidays during which tourists from across the country throng the hill station. «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
2
One Injured In Rollover Crash Into Corn Field Trying To Avoid Deer …
The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue also responded to the accident. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge. «NorthEscambia.com, Jul 15»
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Fort Munro going to be the new tourist catching point | The News Teller
Government has released over Rs. 2 billion for the provision of basic facilities at the hill station. Out of total fund of Rs.2 billion, Rs.750 million ... «The News Teller, Jul 15»
4
Fort Munro hill station set to become tourist haven
He was speaking at a meeting convened to discuss the hill station's development. Aziz said this would promote development in the region, ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Ord test of China farm ties - The West Australian - News
A chunk of the land will be excised from the Consolidated Pastoral Company's lease over Carlton Hill Station, but cattle grazing is expected to ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
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District status for Murree approved
He also ordered installation of water treatment plants at the hill station. The prime minister ordered the authorities concerned to make provision ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
7
Pakistan Courting Both India and Afghanistan - The New Indian …
Several informal contacts and get-togethers preceded the July 7 formal meeting at Murree, a picturesque hill station outside Islamabad. «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
Cornwall Street scheme "crucial" for Birmingham
... adjacent to Snow Hill station. Within easy walking distance of the revamped Birmingham New Street station, the new Grand Central shopping ... «Insider Media, Jul 15»
9
Talking to the Taliban | The Economist
FOR more than a century people have been flocking to the Pakistani hill station of Murree for relief from the sweltering summer temperatures of ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
10
Gore Hill ideal site for ferrying WWII aircraft to Russia
Officially the Great Falls Army Air Base, it was often referred to as the East Base since the Gore Hill station already existed. For most of the time ... «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»

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