Surat
noun
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
Surat
American
[soo-rat, soor-uht]
/ sʊˈræt, ˈsʊər ət /
noun
Surat
1
British
/ sʊˈræt, ˈsʊərət /
noun
surat
2
British
/ sjuːˈræt /
noun
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Jagdish Khunt, president of the Surat Diamond Association in the western Indian state of Gujarat, said there would be a drop in orders in the short term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2025
Gulbadan and her companions were stranded at the port of Surat for almost a year before they could secure safe passage from the Portuguese.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
Most of the rough diamonds mined in Botswana are shipped to manufacturing hubs like Surat, India, where they are cut and polished into the shiny crystals that greatly increase their value.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
"We have filed an appeal challenging the Surat district court’s order," Gandhi’s lawyer, Pankaj Champaneri, told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
“Bombay blackwood furniture” is a term applied to a rather extensive class of articles manufactured in the city of Bombay and in the towns of Surat and Ahmedabad in India.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Regarding the subject of that document— Akan hal surat itu.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Sir William Edward Maxwell
Then there were some more words in which d'Alcacer's attentive ear caught the word "surat."
From The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Joseph Conrad
Tell me out of the old man’s surat where you read so often at night.”
From Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river by Joseph Conrad
There has been a surat delivered to Lakamba.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad
In a certain surat of the koran he mentions the names of twenty-eight of the prophets of Israel, praising each and all of them.
From Foundations of World Unity by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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