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 Cash·mere [].
2. Official_name Jam·mu and Kash·mir [juhm, -oo]. 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

Born in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir in 1961, Bal graduated from Delhi's St Stephens College with an honours degree in history.

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Ladakh was part of Indian-administered Kashmir until 2019, when Prime Minister Narenda Modi's government removed the state's special status and split it into two federally governed territories - Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

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Earlier this month, assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time since the abrogation.

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Shamiam recalls of the night that changed the course of her life, shortly after she was born in Kotli in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

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Just six months after she was born Shamiam Arif suffered 70% burns to her face, hands and body when a candle fell into her cot at her family's home in Kashmir.

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