hillside
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hillside
1350–1400; Middle English; Old English hyll sīde
Example Sentences
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The Black neighborhoods like Baldwin Hills Estates, Ladera Heights and View Park all sit hillside with some of the illest views in the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
In 2016, geologist Rowan Martindale was hiking across a hillside in Morocco when something unusual caught her eye.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Will WSJ’s House of the Month for March be a hillside retreat in California wine country, a church-turned-home in New York or a New Jersey mansion built for a Revolutionary War general?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Medics and displaced people rushed to the hillside to peer beneath as ambulances raced to the scene with their sirens blaring.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Leo’s new mechanical hoist system had lowered the statue onto the hillside with surprising ease.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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