Bikaner

American  

[bee-kuh-neer, -ner, bik-uh-] / ˈbi kəˌnɪər, -ˌnɛr, ˈbɪk ə- /

noun

1. a former Indian state of northwest India: now incorporated into Rajasthan state.

2. a city in northwest Rajasthan.

---

Bikaner British  

/ ˈbiːkəˌnɪə /

noun

1. a walled city in NW India, in Rajasthan: capital of the former state of Bikaner, on the edge of the Thar Desert. Pop: 529 007 (2001)

---

Etymology

Origin of Bikaner

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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