I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoWhen a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareWhen a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-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-up47·9 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: