Gujarat

Or Gu·je·rat

[gooj-uh-raht, goo-juh-]

noun

1. a region in W India, N of the Narmada River.

2. a state in W India, on the Arabian Sea. 75,685 sq. mi. (196,024 sq. km). Gandhinagar.

Gujarat

/ ˌɡʊdʒəˈrɑːt /

noun

1. a state of W India: formed in 1960 from the N and W parts of the former Bombay State; one of India's most industrialized states. Capital: Gandhinagar. Pop: 50 596 992 (2001). Area: 196 024 sq km (75 268 sq miles)

2. a region of W India, north of the Narmada River: generally includes the areas north of Mumbai city where Gujarati is spoken

Example Sentences

In Gujarat, police say they ended up discovering a "network of individuals spread across the country".

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The facility in western Gujarat state, officially known as the Green Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, is run by the son of Asia's richest man.

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"Most come from poorer backgrounds, working in construction and religious sites in Uttarakhand, on farms in Punjab, in factories in Gujarat, and in hotels across Delhi and beyond," Dr Bashyal told me.

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In early April, Mr Singh was taking it to a port in western India's Gujarat state for dismantling when an Indian court ordered its seizure "for non-payment of crew", according to the ILO-IMO database.

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The two leaders are also expected to discuss last month's crash of an Air India jet in which 260 people died when a London-bound flight crashed in Ahmedabad in Gujarat in western India.

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