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noun

heights

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noun
1
A neighborhood or area situated on elevated or hilly ground, often used in place names.
"They moved to a house up in the Heights, overlooking the city."

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In plain EnglishUsed to describe a hilly or elevated part of a town, often as part of a neighborhood's name.

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Brooklyn Heights the Heights
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