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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

In Rajputana in central India lies the high rock of Chitor.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Across the way on British soil, men of the Middlesex Regiment and Rajputana Rifles lined the barbed-wire frontier, alert for Britain's territorial integrity.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the present the province was administered by a triumvirate under the personal supervision of the governor-general, and later, a place having been found for Henry Lawrence in Rajputana, by John Lawrence as sole commissioner.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various