Kohima

[ koh-hee-mah ]

noun

1. a town in and the capital of Nagaland, in E India.

Kohima

/ ˈkəʊhɪˌmɑː /

noun

1. a city in NE India, capital of Nagaland, near the Burmese border: centre of fierce fighting in World War II, when it was surrounded by the Japanese but not captured (1944). Pop: 78 584 (2001)

Example Sentences

It was the idea of Kumar Ramnikant, the administrative head of Kohima district, in hopes of breaking job stereotypes.

From Seattle Times

Richard Day, 97, who survived the decisive 1944 Battle of Kohima in northeast India — where Japan fought to capture the then British-controlled territory — stood up from a wheelchair, placed a wreath of red flowers on a table and saluted the souls of the unknown Japanese soldiers at Tokyo’s Cihdorigafuchi National Cemetery.

From Seattle Times

Event organizer Akiko Macdonald, the daughter of a Japanese veteran who also survived the Battle of Kohima and now heads the London-based Burma Campaign Society, said the joint memorial in Japan for those lost in the battles of Kohima and Imphal was especially meaningful.

From Seattle Times

The road from Dimapur to Kohima is winding and strenuous, and often dusty in stretches.

From Seattle Times

"Police are working with tribal elders and local politicians to ensure the final rites are done today as post-mortems have been completed," said a police official in the state capital of Kohima, speaking on condition of anonymity.

From Reuters