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| | No Place Like Home - Chapter One (text-only) |
 | | In fact, strictly speaking, the very name, 'Bukit Timah Hill', is tautological, because 'bukit' in Malay, means 'hill'. |
 | | Ask the question to the man in the street and he will tell you, quite rightly, that 'Bukit Timah Hill' is the name of a hill (in this case the highest natural landform in Singapore), whereas 'Bukit Timah' refers to an entire area, from Zhujiao Centre at Rochor, all the way north to Bukit Panjang. |
 | | Note how in this case, the region called 'Bukit Timah' has taken its name from a prominent physical landmark, and is defined more or less by the routes taken by a major road and an expressway (the Bukit Timah Expressway). |
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