hilltop

From hill +‎ top.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪltɒp/

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hilltop (plural hilltops)

1. The peak or crest of a hill.
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:

     The territory should be small enough to be surveyed in its entirety from a hilltop.

   • 2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 48:

     After crossing the flatlands Lincoln, with its magnificent hilltop cathedral, comes into view before we pull into the station, with its lovely Tudor revival-style buildings.

Used attributively in phrases such as "a hilltop house"

• hilltop youth

• → Japanese: ヒルトップ