transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkash-ˌmir, ˈkazh-, kash-ˈ, kazh-ˈ ]
geographical name
or Kashmir
disputed territory N India (subcontinent); claimed as a constituent state (summer capital Srinagar, winter capital Jammu area 53,665 square miles —138,992 square kilometers — population 7,718,700) and partly administered by India, but also claimed and partly controlled by Pakistan