Saurashtra

[sou-rahsh-truh]

noun

1. a former state in W India, comprising most of Kathiawar peninsula: now part of Gujarat state. 21,062 sq. mi. (54,550 sq. km).

Example Sentences

Villages and towns in the Saurashtra region have been worst-affected as they received incessant rains for nearly 48 hours.

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That was down from initial outages in more than 4,600 villages in Saurashtra and Kutch, where the cyclone made landfall on Thursday night.

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The weather office has advised fishing communities to halt operations and the evacuation of people from the coastal areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat.

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The state's farm sector is also likely to have taken a hit, including the major mango growing belt of Saurashtra.

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Authorities are also concerned about the state's Asiatic lions, an endangered species found only in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat where the cyclone is expected to inflict maximum damage.

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