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Definition of Beacon hill
1. Noun. A fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building.
Group relationships: Bean Town, Beantown, Boston, Capital Of Massachusetts, Hub Of The Universe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beacon Hill
Literary usage of Beacon hill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1900)
"... beacon hill, HALIFAX day Book, but there are entries there concerning several
townships of the parish. There seems no doubt that when the Survey was ..."
2. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1898)
"In the northern part of the State, not covered by either the Cretaceous or Beacon
Hill formations, erosion may have gone on continuously from the time of ..."
3. The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties by John Hayward (1857)
"This fine building stands on beacon hill, fronting the malls and Commun, at an
elevation of 110 feet above the sea. The site was purchased from the estate ..."
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