BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhen a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareWhen a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
For example, in Washington Heights and Golan Heights, what does “heights” mean? What does it tell us about the place?
minus-squareHobart_the_GoKart@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up57·10 months agoYep. It’s quite literal, also from Wikipedia about Brooklyn heights: Brooklyn Heights occupies a plateau on a high bluff that rises sharply from the river’s edge and gradually recedes on the landward side.
Yep. It’s quite literal, also from Wikipedia about Brooklyn heights: