Nilgiri Hills

[ nil-guh-ree ]

plural noun

1. a group of mountains in S India, in Madras state. Highest peak, Mt. Dodabetta, 8,760 feet (2,670 meters).

Nilgiri Hills

/ ˈnɪlɡɪrɪ /

plural noun

1. a plateau in S India, in Tamil Nadu. Average height: 2000 m (6500 ft), reaching 2635 m (8647 ft) in Doda Betta

Example Sentences

The 125 elephants, brought to London by the conservation group Elephant Family, are the work of indigenous people who live alongside real beasts in southern India's Nilgiri Hills.

From Reuters

The scenic but economically depressed Nilgiri Hills, home to long-marginalized forest tribes, had never had an industry of its size when the factory began production in 1960.

From Los Angeles Times

In India they form the Nilgiri Hills, the Shevaroys and part of the Western Ghats, extending southward to Cape Comorin and reappearing in Ceylon.

From Project Gutenberg

The transference of the plants was attended with considerable difficulty, but in 1861 under his superintendence a consignment of plants was planted in a favourable situation in the Nilgiri Hills.

From Project Gutenberg

This was to the effect that the couple had slipped off to the Nilgiri Hills and had decided to stop there.

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