Surat

American  

[soo-rat, soor-uht] / sʊˈræt, ˈsʊər ət /

noun

1. a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.

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Surat ¹ British  

/ sʊˈræt, ˈsʊərət /

noun

1. a port in W India, in W Gujarat: a major port in the 17th century; textile manufacturing. Pop: 2 433 787 (2001)

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surat ² British  

/ sjuːˈræt /

noun

1. (formerly) a cotton fabric from the Surat area of India

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Example Sentences

Jagdish Khunt, president of the Surat Diamond Association in the western Indian state of Gujarat, said there would be a drop in orders in the short term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 27, 2025

Gulbadan and her companions were stranded at the port of Surat for almost a year before they could secure safe passage from the Portuguese.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

Most of the rough diamonds mined in Botswana are shipped to manufacturing hubs like Surat, India, where they are cut and polished into the shiny crystals that greatly increase their value.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

"Gandhi will challenge the conviction order on multiple grounds," his lawyer, Kirit Panwala, told Reuters in Surat city in the western state of Gujarat where the appeal will be heard.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2023

I therefore entered a ship bound for Surat, having left a letter for my father declaring my intention.”

From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William