Bikaner

American  

[bee-kuh-neer, -ner, bik-uh-] / ˈbi kəˌnɪər, -ˌnɛr, ˈbɪk ə- /

noun

1. a former Indian state of northwest India: now incorporated into Rajasthan state.

2. a city in northwest Rajasthan.

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Bikaner British  

/ ˈbiːkəˌnɪə /

noun

1. a walled city in NW India, in Rajasthan: capital of the former state of Bikaner, on the edge of the Thar Desert. Pop: 529 007 (2001)

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Etymology

Origin of Bikaner

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Last week, we drove through a hot and parched landscape of sand flats, scrubs and wilting trees to reach Jalabsar, a village of 600 homes and 3,000 people in Bikaner in Rajasthan.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

The 30-year-old from the Bikaner city in Rajasthan has been applying for a decade for a low-skilled government job in the state.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2023

The train was on its way to Gauhati, the capital of Assam state, from Bikaner, a city in Rajasthan state, when the accident occurred in Jalpaiguri district.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2022

I also enjoyed looking at a series of paintings from the late 17th and early 18th centuries, done in the Rajasthani Bikaner style, particularly one depicting a scene from the Mahabharata epic.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2018

They make pilgrimages to the place where Jhāmbāji is buried to the south of Bikaner; here a tomb and temple have been erected to his memory, and gatherings are held twice a year.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)