Western Ghats

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plural noun

a low mountain range in W India, along the W margin of the Deccan plateau and bordering on the Arabian Sea. About 1,000 miles (1,600 km) long.

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How to use Western Ghats in a sentence

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In their past calls for attacks on Western targets, AQAP has focused on putting bombs on planes, not revenge attacks.
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This time it would be the biggest mistake for the Western press to repeat that—absolutely the biggest mistake.
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“You are applying Western metrics to someone who is not using that metric against you,” referring to ISIS, Bolger said.
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Although he brings a Western spin to things, he seems equally inspired by the local sense of style.
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But this alliance is rotten, and cannot endure; the Western men are no partizans of slavery.
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The scene and field of that learning hitherto has been, in our Western communities, the University.
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I started for it once, but never even reached the western boundaries of New York.
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We were once more at the western door; Madame crossed herself again; we went out.
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In our western communities the dangers to the intellectual nexus lie rather on the other side.
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British Dictionary definitions for Western Ghats

Western Ghats

pl n

a mountain range in W peninsular India, parallel to the Malabar coast of the Arabian Sea. Highest peak: Anai Mudi, 2695 m (8841 ft)

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