(in northern India) a settlement or resort at a high altitude
hill station in American English
noun
a village, post, or the like, esp. in S Asia, at a high altitude where government officials and otherscan be stationed to escape the great heat of tropical summers
Word origin
[1875–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross-fertilization, massage, musical chairs, pressure point, slime mold
Examples of 'hill station' in a sentence
hill station
Drummond had become rather bored with life in a hill station, and felt flattered by the offer.
Leasor, James TANK OF SERPENTS
And hill station food is ghastly.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
My trip did begin with a night at a hill-station hotel at 6,000ft to acclimatise to the altitude.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Schools and properties were evacuated in panic as fresh outbreaks were reported close to the hill station.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is a sepia world made up of steam ships, hill stations and bungalows.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
It also has a hinterland of backwater canals plied by houseboats, cool hill stations and spice plantations.