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Saurashtra

American  
[sou-rahsh-truh] / saʊˈrɑʃ trə /

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).


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

From BBC Aug. 29, 2024

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.

From Reuters Jun. 12, 2023

The young Cheteshwar has remained much closer to Arvind, who played six times for Saurashtra, his father and his coach.

From The Guardian Nov. 16, 2012

Yuvraj has been replaced by Cheteshwar Pujara, a prolific 22-year-old from Saurashtra, in the 15-man squad selected in Chennai for next month's Border-Gavaskar series.

From New York Times Sep. 20, 2010

There is a very ancient temple to Kot-Iswara at the embouchure of the eastern arm of the Indus; and there are many to Seheslinga in the peninsula of Saurashtra.

From Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India by Hargrave Jennings

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