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Rajputana

American  
[rahj-poo-tah-nuh] / ˌrɑdʒ pʊˈtɑ nə /

noun

  1. a former region in NW India, now making up the principal part of Rajasthan.


Rajputana British  
/ ˌrɑːdʒpʊˈtɑːnə /

noun

  1. a former group of princely states in NW India: now mostly part of Rajasthan

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For superb northern Indian cuisine, head to Peshawri, downstairs at the ITC Rajputana hotel.

From New York Times Nov. 29, 2018

Among the many kingdoms that flourished in medieval India, few were ever more warlike than the nine kingdoms of Rajputana in the north.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this same week, he flew across Rajputana to Karachi, India's great northern port on the Arabian Sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

He said he would call upon the Emperor of Japan, the King of Siam, the native rulers of Rajputana and Baroda.

From Time Magazine Archive

The region takes its name from the Gujars, a tribe who passed into India from the north-west, established a kingdom in Rajputana, and spread south in A.D. 400-600.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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