Jammu

[ juhm-oo ]

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

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How to use Jammu in a sentence

  • The Hindus belong mostly to the Jammu province, where nearly half of the population professes that faith.

  • They increased the pay of the soldiers, and in order to keep them quiet turned them against Gulab Singh at Jammu.

    Kashmir | Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
  • The ruling family is also alien, coming not from the valley itself, but from Jammu, on the far side of the mountain to the south.

    Kashmir | Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
  • In the Jammu province there is a considerable quantity of coal of a rather poor quality, and there is good iron and bauxite.

    Kashmir | Sir Francis Edward Younghusband

British Dictionary definitions for Jammu

Jammu

/ (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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