Terai

American  

[tuh-rahy] / təˈraɪ /

Or Tarai

noun

1. a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.

2. (lowercase) terai hat.

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Terai British  

/ təˈraɪ /

noun

1. (in India) a belt of marshy land at the foot of mountains, esp at the foot of the Himalayas in N India

2. a felt hat with a wide brim worn in subtropical regions

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Example Sentences

Her 2017 Man Booker-shortlisted novel, “Fever Dream,” offered a literary perspective on crop fumigation using glyphosate, a pesticide linked to birth defects in soybean-growing areas across Argentina, such as Aviá Teraí, a town near the country’s border with Paraguay.

From New York Times

The water would be used to provide cheaper electricity through hydropower, the capital city would have plentiful drinking water, and the Terai, a key agricultural region, would get free irrigation.

From New York Times

The grassy lowlands between Nepal and India near the Himalayan foothills — known as the Terai — teem with grazing animals, making it among the most productive potential habitats for the carnivore.

From Washington Post

He now often sees Bengal tigers on the armed patrols he carries out across the open plains and dense bush of Bardiya, the largest and most undisturbed national park in Nepal's Terai region.

From BBC

These are “exciting results,” says evolutionary biologist Yohey Terai at Japan’s Graduate University for Advanced Studies, whose work previously identified an extinct Japanese wolf as the closest relative of modern dogs yet found.

From Science Magazine