Bikaner
Americannoun
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a former Indian state of northwest India: now incorporated into Rajasthan state.
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a city in northwest Rajasthan.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bikaner
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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The 30-year-old from the Bikaner city in Rajasthan has been applying for a decade for a low-skilled government job in the state.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2023
The train was on its way to Gauhati, the capital of Assam state, from Bikaner, a city in Rajasthan state, when the accident occurred in Jalpaiguri district.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2022
While still a toddler, she travelled to India, where her father worked as a railway engineer for the Maharaja of Bikaner.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2020
The plan was rejuvenation: sleep, eat properly, go to the gym and work at the family’s school in Bikaner, India.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2015
The northern and southern Ghagar canals, which irrigate lands in Hissár and Bikaner, take off from this weir.
From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir
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