Kutch

or Cutch

[ kuhch ]

noun

1. a former state in W India, now part of Gujarat state.
2. Rann of [ruhn], a salt marsh NE of this area. 9,000 sq. mi. (23,310 sq. km).

Kutch

/ kʌtʃ /

noun

1. a former state of W India, on the Gulf of Kutch (an inlet of the Arabian Sea): part of Gujarat state since 1960
2. Rann of Kutch
   an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Fragments of the snake’s backbone were discovered in 2005 by co-author Sunil Bajpai, based at the same institute, near Kutch, Gujarat, in western India.

From Seattle Times

Vicky Gupta, 24, and Sagar Kumar Palak, 21, were arrested near a temple in Kutch district in Gujarat on Monday night.

From BBC

What makes this heavy industrial activity peculiar is that it’s taking place in the middle of the Rann of Kutch in western India’s Gujarat state.

From Seattle Times

Vanak has overseen multiple environment-related research projects in the Kutch region.

From Seattle Times

Kutch and other similar regions are classified as “wastelands,” by the Indian government — and Vanak says this is extremely unfortunate.

From Seattle Times