Khasi
Americannoun
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Khasis,
plural
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Khasi
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a traditionally matrilineal Indigenous people of Meghalaya in northeastern India, now also residing in Assam and in parts of Bangladesh.
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the Austroasiatic language of the Khasi.
adjective
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Khasi
First recorded in 1780–90; from Khasi, a self-designation
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He practices the Khasi faith and his wife is Christian.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
They follow the pantheistic Seng Khasi religion, which holds that God exists in everyone and everything.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
At the opposite end of the technology scale are the sustainable footbridges made by the Khasi people from living, natural resources in the gorges of Meghalaya, north-west India.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2018
He and his colleagues found that Maasai women were less competitive than the men, but the matrilineal Khasi women were more competitive.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 2017
On the Khasi hills, India, 30 inches on each of five successive days were registered.
From Meteorology or Weather Explained by J. G. M'Pherson
Khasis, with the Jaintias and the Garos, are the Indigenous people of the state.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
Khasis, who grew X5 by acquisition into a Russian market leader with $11 billion in annual sales, left the company in March after five years.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2011
The Wal-Mart spokeswoman said Khasis would be based at the company's headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, reporting to Walmart International's chief executive, Doug McMillon.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2011
The Wal-Mart spokeswoman said Khasis would be based at the company's headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, reporting to international chief executive Doug McMillon.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2011
When the week was over and the missionaries gone, the Khasis performed a ceremony in honour of their tribal deities.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
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