Deccan

[ dek-uhn ]

noun

1. the entire peninsula of India S of the Narmada River.
2. a plateau region in S India between the Narmada and Krishna rivers.

Deccan

/ ˈdɛkən /

noun

1. a plateau in S India, between the Eastern Ghats, the Western Ghats, and the Narmada River
2. the whole Indian peninsula south of the Narmada River

Example Sentences

Traveling back in time to when dinosaurs still ruled the planet, it ignited an area known as the Deccan Traps.

From Singularity Hub 

Tens of millions of years from now, the plume’s southern branch may send up a blob so titanic it will put the Deccan Traps to shame.

From Singularity Hub 

The goings-on at Deccan Chronicle demonstrate the state of the industry.

From The Daily Beast

This was on the coast of Malabar, south of Bombay, and in what we should call the south-western part of the Deccan.

From Project Gutenberg

In the autumn they spread themselves over the greater part of Hindustan, most abundantly in the Deccan.

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The Deccan is full of legends about Sivaji, and even the English historians mention him with respect.

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But there exists a very strange superstition in the Deccan about this mysterious, and only partially explored, mountain.

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The state occupies a large portion of the eastern plateau of the Deccan.

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