Jammu

American  

[juhm-oo] / ˈdʒʌm u /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, in the SW part, in N India.

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Jammu British  

/ ˈdʒʌmuː /

noun

1. a city in N India, winter capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Pop: 378 431 (2001)

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Example Sentences

A study Singh with the IIT in Jammu co-authored and published in 2025 shows that the Himalayan region is now increasingly seeing snow droughts – snow becoming significantly scarce – particularly between 3,000 and 6,000m elevations.

From BBC

Supplies first travel by truck or train to depots in the neighboring region of Jammu and Kashmir, then move by truck convoys to Leh, the capital city of Ladakh.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another on the team, top-order batter Anekha Devi, 20, from Jammu and Kashmir, was born partially blind.

From BBC

Between December 2019 and January 2020, at least 12 children under five died in Jammu in Indian-administered Kashmir allegedly from cough syrup, with activists suggesting the number of casualties might have been higher.

From BBC

Tourism is the mainstay of the economy of Jammu and Kashmir, a federally-administered territory, and this unprecedented targeting of tourists sent shockwaves through India.

From BBC