BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhen a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWhen a place is called " Heights", what does "heights" mean/refer to?BOMBS@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
For example, in Washington Heights and Golan Heights, what does “heights” mean? What does it tell us about the place?
minus-squaretygerprints@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI think most of the time it’s just a contrivance to make a place sound fancier. Washington Heights sounds fancier than calling it Washington Drainage Basin. It really doesn’t usually have anything to do with the actual elevation of the property.
minus-squareBraveSirZaphod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWashington Heights in NYC, at any rate, is physically high in elevation, and it’s not a particularly fancy area at all.
I think most of the time it’s just a contrivance to make a place sound fancier. Washington Heights sounds fancier than calling it Washington Drainage Basin. It really doesn’t usually have anything to do with the actual elevation of the property.
Washington Heights in NYC, at any rate, is physically high in elevation, and it’s not a particularly fancy area at all.