lashkar

¹ American  

[lash-ker] / ˈlæʃ kər /

noun

1. lascar.

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Lashkar ² American  

[luhsh-ker] / ˈlʌʃ kər /

noun

1. the modern part of Gwalior city in N India: capital of former Gwalior state.

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Lashkar British  

/ ˈlʌʃkə /

noun

1. a former city in N India, in Madhya Pradesh: capital of the former states of Gwalior and Madhya Bharat; now part of the city of Gwalior

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Example Sentences

We meet farmer Niamatullah Dilsoz in the Marjah district - south of Helmand's capital, Lashkar Gah - while he is harvesting wheat.

From BBC

Recently, they travelled to the trauma hospital in the city of Lashkar Gah, about six hours' drive from the village, for a medical examination arranged by the BBC.

From BBC

Inside Lashkar Gah, everyone we speak to praises improved security, but there's a new battle in Afghan cities, against hunger.

From BBC

In Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, they include a former civil society activist in his mid-30s who came of age during the American occupation.

From Washington Post

Those violating the ban “will be arrested and tried according to Sharia laws in relevant courts,” the Taliban deputy interior minister for counternarcotics, Mullah Abdul Haq Akhund, told The Associated Press in Helmand’s provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.

From Seattle Times