doab
Britishnoun
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Origin of doab
C20: from Persian dōāb, from dō two + āb water
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Children wonder if their footwear is appropriate - their rural village in the district of Ruy-e Doab is affected by yearly flash floods.
From BBC
A schoolyard in the village of Ruy, in the Ruy-e Doab area.
From BBC
HINDĪ, WESTERN, the Indo-Aryan language of the middle and upper Gangetic Doab, and of the country to the north and south.
From Project Gutenberg
The Midland consists of the Gangetic Doab and of the country to its immediate north and south, extending, roughly speaking, from the Eastern Punjab on the west, to Cawnpore on its east.
From Project Gutenberg
West of the Upper Doab, across the Jumna, another dialect, Bāngarū, is also found.
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