kashmir

¹

[kazh-meer, kash-]

noun

1. a variant of cashmere.

Kashmir

²

[kash-meer, kazh-, kash-meer, kazh-]

noun

1. a former princely state in southwest Asia, adjacent to India, Pakistan, Sinkiang, and Tibet: sovereignty in dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947. Also Cashmere

2. Official Name Jammu and Kashmir. the part of this state occupied by India, forming a state in the Indian union. About 39,146 sq. mi. (101,387 sq. km). Srinagar (summer); Jammu (winter).

kashmir

¹

/ ˈkæʃmɪə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of cashmere

Kashmir

²

/ kæʃˈmɪə /

noun

1. a region of SW central Asia: from the 16th century ruled by the Moguls, Afghans, Sikhs, and British successively; since 1947 disputed between India, Pakistan, and China; 84 000 sq km (33 000 sq miles) in the northwest are held by Pakistan and in part known as Azad Kashmir (Free Kashmir), part as the Northern Areas; an area of 42 735 sq km (16 496 sq miles) in the east (the Aksai Chin) is held by China; the remainder was in 1956 officially incorporated into India as the state of Jammu and Kashmir; traversed by the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges and the Rivers Jhelum and Indus; a fruit-growing and cattle-grazing region, with a woollen industry. Capitals: (Jammu and Kashmir) Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter); (Azad Kashmir) Muzaffarabad; (Northern Areas) Gilgit

Kashmir

1. A state of India, in its extreme north. When mainly Hindu India became independent of Great Britain in 1947, many of its predominantly Muslim areas split off as Pakistan. Kashmir, a mainly Muslim area, remained part of India, which led to persistent conflicts between India and Pakistan.

Example Sentences

I asked her whether, after decades of writing on big dams, Kashmir, nuclear weapons, caste and Maoist rebels - circling questions of justice - the absence of change ever feels futile, or if persistence itself becomes the point?

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Rains have also battered other states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and parts of Indian-administered Kashmir.

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Last month, at least 46 people were killed in a village hosting Hindu pilgrims in Indian-administered Kashmir.

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Experts say that Gor's broad regional mandate threatens to expose India to an overreach by Washington in its affairs with Pakistan, including on the Kashmir issue - a red line for India.

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India raised objections over the omission of any reference to the deadly 22 April attack on Hindu tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, which led to the worst fighting in decades between India and Pakistan.

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