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Leighton Hill

Leighton Hill proper noun: a hill in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Leighton Hill

  1. A hill in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
    • The erection of the following houses for senior officers was completed:-Two blocks each of four houses at Leighton Hill, three houses on Severn Road, one house for the Puisne Judge, and one house for a senior engineer, and, in addition, two contracts were let for two additional blocks of three...1922, Great Britain. Colonial Office, Colonial Reports - Annual, page 17
    • The remnants of the Grenadiers held Mt. Cameron, the Royal Scots held Stubbs Road facing Middle Gap and the northern slopes of Mt. Nicholson, the Punjabis, only 35 strong, held the Filter Beds and two weak platoons of the Rajputs, with elements of 1st Middlesex, from Leighton Hill to the western...1956, Francis Albert Eley Crew, “The Defence and Fall of Hong Kong December 7-25, 1941”, in The Army Medical Services: Campaigns, volume II, →OCLC, page 20

Examples of Leighton Hill in a sentence

  • Nicholson, the Punjabis, only 35 strong, held the Filter Beds and two weak platoons of the Rajputs, with elements of 1st Middlesex, from Leighton Hill to the western side of Causeway Bay.1956, Francis Albert Eley Crew, “The Defence and Fall of Hong Kong December 7-25, 1941”, in The Army Medical Services: Campaigns, volume...
  • A residential site at Leighton Hill in Causeway Bay is expected to sell for more than $3 billion when tenders close on Friday.1998 April 15, Peggy Sito, Sandy Li, “Leighton Hill plum to point the way”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
  • After taking Bennet's Hill and Leighton Hill, the troops facing the West Brigade would all push westward with the goal of taking, on Christmas Day, the high ground northwest of Wan Chai Gap[…]2014 July 1, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, “The Fall of Hong Kong, December 1941”, in Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong...

Forms of Leighton Hill

alternative formLeigton Hill

Origin of Leighton Hill

Named after a civilian F. Leighton.

Questions about Leighton Hill

What does Leighton Hill mean?
Leighton Hill means a hill in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
How do you use Leighton Hill in a sentence?
Nicholson, the Punjabis, only 35 strong, held the Filter Beds and two weak platoons of the Rajputs, with elements of 1st Middlesex, from Leighton Hill to the western side of Causeway Bay.
What part of speech is Leighton Hill?
Leighton Hill is a proper noun.

Words near Leighton Hill in the dictionary

  1. Leight
  2. Leighton
  3. Leighton and Eaton Constantine
  4. Leighton Bromswold
  5. Leighton Buzzard
  6. Leighton Hill
  7. Leighton-Linslade
  8. leightonite
  9. Leights
  10. Leighty
  11. Leightys

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