kashmir

¹

[ kazh-meer, kash- ]

noun

1. a variant of cashmere.

Kashmir

²

[ kash-meer, kazh-, kash-meer, kazh- ]

noun

1. a former princely state in southwest Asia, adjacent to India, Pakistan, Sinkiang, and Tibet: sovereignty in dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947. Also Cash·mere [].
2. Official_name Jam·mu and Kash·mir [juhm, -oo]. the part of this state occupied by India, forming a state in the Indian union. About 39,146 sq. mi. (101,387 sq. km). : Srinagar (summer); Jammu (winter).

Kashmir

¹

/ kæʃˈmɪə /

noun

1. a region of SW central Asia: from the 16th century ruled by the Moguls, Afghans, Sikhs, and British successively; since 1947 disputed between India, Pakistan, and China; 84 000 sq km (33 000 sq miles) in the northwest are held by Pakistan and in part known as Azad Kashmir (Free Kashmir), part as the Northern Areas; an area of 42 735 sq km (16 496 sq miles) in the east (the Aksai Chin) is held by China; the remainder was in 1956 officially incorporated into India as the state of Jammu and Kashmir; traversed by the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges and the Rivers Jhelum and Indus; a fruit-growing and cattle-grazing region, with a woollen industry. Capitals: (Jammu and Kashmir) Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter); (Azad Kashmir) Muzaffarabad; (Northern Areas) Gilgit

kashmir

²

/ ˈkæʃmɪə /

noun

1. See cashmere
   a variant spelling of cashmere

Kashmir

1. A state of India , in its extreme north. When mainly Hindu India became independent of Great Britain in 1947, many of its predominantly Muslim areas split off as Pakistan . Kashmir, a mainly Muslim area, remained part of India, which led to persistent conflicts between India and Pakistan.

Example Sentences

Are the Brogpas of Kashmir in India really the last bastion of purebred Aryans?

From The Daily Beast

In the 1999 Kargil War, the Pakistani army crossed the LOC to seize mountain heights controlling a key highway in Kashmir.

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This summer, clashes between Indian and Pakistani troops have escalated along the ceasefire line in Kashmir.

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Two years before that, the two countries fought a war in Kashmir around the town of Kargil.

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In September, a devastating flood hit her home, Jammu and Kashmir, a state in India.

From The Daily Beast

At once the sepoys at the Kashmir Gate fired a volley at the nearest officers, of whom three fell dead.

From Project Gutenberg

Come down now to rejoin the carriage and we will go back to the city by the Kashmir Gate.

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Kashmir deserves special mention, as it is a veritable paradise for the geologist.

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These noble ruins are the most striking in size and position of all the existing remains of the past glories of Kashmir.

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I decided to return to Kashmir in the first instance, and thence to march across the Himalayas to Simla.

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