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Saurashtra

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[sau-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

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

From Reuters ● Jun. 17, 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Yuvraj has been replaced by Cheteshwar Pujara, a prolific 22-year-old from Saurashtra, in the 15-man squad selected in Chennai for next month's Border-Gavaskar series.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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