thar
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of thar
from Nepali thār
Example Sentences
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The dates will be planted in the arid Thar Desert of northern India to help reclaim the land and create employment.
From BBC
"We have the Thar Desert in India," Ajit Singh Batra tells me, on a video call to his office in Atul, the town built by, and named after, the company.
From BBC
On a warm May evening in 2022, Sidhu Moose Wala was taking his black Mahindra Thar SUV for its usual spin through dusty lanes near his village in the northern Indian state of Punjab when, within minutes, two cars began tailing him.
From BBC
There’s still gold in them thar hills.
From Los Angeles Times
Hubbard attributed the disease to “an intense desire to ‘git thar’ and an awful feeling that you cannot.”
From Salon
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