Ghats
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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Four years older than me, he was dispatched to an American boarding school in Kodaikanal, a “hill station” scattered across the crevices of the Palani Hills, the eastern stretch of the Western Ghats mountain range.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
The Western Ghats, lush southern highlands stretching through Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, remain a key stronghold with nearly 12,00 elephants.
From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025
In the 990s, he led his armies over the Western Ghats, the range of hills that shelter India's west coast, and burned the ships of his enemies while they were at port.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
They are indigenous to the Southern Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, India, where they can be found on the rocks, in the trees and even on the sides of buildings.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024
The Ghats or sacred steps leading down to the waters of the Hoogly are in the same vicinity.
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora
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