Pronunciation: ' kash- ˌ mir, ' kazh-, kash- ' , kazh- '
Variant: or Kashmir
Function: geographical name
disputed territory N India (subcontinent); claimed as a constituent state (summer capital Srinagar, winter capital Jammu area 53,665 sq mi 138,992 sq km pop 10,069,917) and partly administered by India, but also claimed and partly controlled by Pakistan