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Kalat

American  
[kuh-laht] / kəˈlɑt /
Or Khelat

noun

  1. a region in S Baluchistan, in SW Pakistan.


Kalat British  
/ kəˈlɑːt /

noun

  1. a region of SW Pakistan, in S Baluchistan: formerly a princely state ruled by the Khan of Kalat, which joined Pakistan in 1948

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A. This would explain Coach Cal climbing the steps to the Taung Kalat monastery in Burma the day after the Kansas State loss.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2018

“This is a very big achievement,” said the Khan of Kalat, Suleman Daud, an exiled Baluch tribal leader who helped Mr. Rohrabacher draft his resolution, speaking from his home in Cardiff, Wales.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2012

When it stopped, Quetta, Kalat, Mastung, Shikapur and dozens of villages were a plain of rubble.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gwadar at that time belonged to the Khan of Kalat, who welcomed Syed in princely fashion and made him a handsome offer.

From Time Magazine Archive

He took great pains to re-establish the internal government of all the provinces in his dominions, and improved and fortified the city of Kalat.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various