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hilltown

hilltown is the alternative form of hill town.

Meaning of hill town

Noun

hill town (plural hill towns)

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

See all 2 meanings of hill town

Proper noun capitalized: Hilltown

Hilltown

  1. A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  2. A small village in County Down, Northern Ireland.
  3. A townland in St. Feighin's, County Westmeath, Ireland.
  4. A locality in South Australia, Australia.
  5. A locality in South Australia, Australia.
  6. An unincorporated community in Jennings County, Indiana, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  8. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Grayson and Carroll counties, Virginia.
  9. (historical) A former name of the unincorporated community of Helltown, Butte County, California.

Forms of hilltown

pluralhilltowns

Origin of hilltown

From hill + town.

Questions about hilltown

What does hilltown mean?
Hilltown means a community in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
What is hilltown the alternative form of?
Hilltown is the alternative form of hill town.
What part of speech is hilltown?
Hilltown is a proper noun.

Words near hilltown in the dictionary

  1. hilltop youth
  2. hilltopper
  3. hilltoppers
  4. hilltopping
  5. hilltops
  6. hilltown
  7. hilltowns
  8. hilltribe
  9. hilltribes
  10. hillul Hashem
  11. Hillville

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hilltown (page history and authors); Hilltown (page history and authors); hill town (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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