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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.

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noun

1. a Kashmiri.

kashmirian British  

/ kæʃˈmɪərɪən /

adjective

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

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noun

1. a member of the people of Kashmir

Etymology

Origin of Kashmirian

First recorded in 1875–80; Kashmir + -ian

Example Sentences

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

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

Most of the Kashmirian temples are more or less injured, but more particularly those at Wantipur, which are mere heaps of ruins.

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

The characteristic features of the Kashmirian architecture are its lofty pyramidal roofs, its trefoiled doorways, covered by pyramidal pediments, and the great width of the intercolumniations.

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