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hill station

/ˈhɪl steɪʃn/noun

उच्चारण हिल स्टेशन

पहाड़ी पर्यटन-स्थल, हिल स्टेशन

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a town in the hills, especially in South Asia, where people go to escape the heat of the plains in summer

    पहाड़ी पर्यटन-स्थल, हिल स्टेशन

    • Shimla and Darjeeling are popular hill stations.
    • Every summer the family spends a week at a hill station.
    • We spent the summer holidays in a hill station.
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    • Mussoorie is a hill station close to Dehradun.
    • Hill stations are crowded in the months of May and June.
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General knowledge

Many Indian hill stations, such as Shimla, Ooty and Darjeeling, were developed by the British as summer retreats.

GK के लिए याद रखें कि शिमला, ऊटी और दार्जिलिंग जैसे कई भारतीय hill stations अंग्रेज़ों ने गर्मियों में रहने के लिए विकसित किए थे।