KONKAN

Meaning of KONKAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkäŋ-kən ]

geographical name

region W India in W Maharashtra bordering on Arabian Sea & extending from Bombay S to Goa

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KONKAN — geographical name region W India in W Maharashtra bordering on Arabian Sea & extending from Bombay S to Goa
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KONKAN — also called Aparanta coastal plain of western India, lying between the Arabian Sea (west) and the Western Ghats (east). The …
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KONKAN — Pronunciation: ' kä ŋ -k ə n Function: geographical name region W India in W Maharashtra bordering on Arabian Sea …
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KONKANI — ˈkäŋkə(ˌ)nē, ˈkȯŋ- noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Marathi Koṅkaṇī, from Koṅkaṇ Konkan, coast region of western India …
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CONKANEE HEMP — ˈkäŋkənē- noun Etymology: probably irregular from Konkan, coast region of Bombay state, India : sunn
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KONKANI — [ 'kəʊŋkəni ] ■ noun an Indic language spoken in Goa and parts of Maharashtra in western India. Origin from …
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RAIGARH — city, northwestern Madhya Pradesh state, central India, just west of the Kelo River, a tributary of the Mahanadi. The city …
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MAHARASHTRA — state of India that occupies a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau in the western peninsular part of the subcontinent. …
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CITPAVAN — also called Konkanasth, caste of Brahmans in Konkan (the area of Goa) and Maharashtra state in western India. They rose …
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BOMBAY — Marathi Mumbai city, capital of Maharashtra state, India, and the nation's chief financial and commercial centre. It is India's principal …
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