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  • Kashmirian
    Kashmirian
    adjective
    of, relating to, or characteristic of Kashmir or the Kashmiri.
  • kashmirian
    kashmirian
    adjective
    of or relating to Kashmir, its people, or their language

Kashmirian

American  
[kash-meer-ee-uhn, kazh-] / kæʃˈmɪər i ən, kæʒ- /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Kashmir or the Kashmiri.


noun

  1. a Kashmiri.

kashmirian British  
/ kæʃˈmɪərɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Kashmir, its people, or their language

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a member of the people of Kashmir

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Kashmirian

First recorded in 1875–80; Kashmir + -ian


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In hopes of easing the religious tensions, Nehru early this month released Sheik Mohammed Abdullah, the Lion of Kashmir, who was jailed nearly eleven years ago for "conspiracy" to bring about Kashmirian independence.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were ferocious bronze twelve-armed Kashmirian deities, smiling eastern Indian Krishnas and serene Nepalese Buddhas, to say nothing of inlaid daggers and textiles woven with iridescent beetle wings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since his release, the former Kashmirian Prime Minister has been campaigning by Jeep through the towns and villages of Kashmir's Himalayan foothills, talking with old friends and supporters.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of all the existing remains of Kashmirian grandeur, the most striking in size and situation is the noble ruin of Marttand.

From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by William Henry Knight

It is a very strange sight, the broad river covered with boats, and lined by houses built in the curious Kashmirian style.

From Three Months of My Life by J. F. Foster

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