hillsite

[ hil-sahyt ]

noun

1. a location or site on the side or top of a hill.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hillsite¹

First recorded in 1870–75; hill + site

Example Sentences

In fact, because he has found the outlines of as many as five different dwellings on the Nice hillsite, De Lumley has decided that prehistoric hunters must have come back to the Mediterranean littoral periodically, built temporary dwellings there, and then have gone away.

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