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Kalat

American  
[kuh-laht] / kəˈlɑt /
Or Khelat

noun

  1. a region in S Baluchistan, in SW Pakistan.


Kalat British  
/ kəˈlɑːt /

noun

  1. a region of SW Pakistan, in S Baluchistan: formerly a princely state ruled by the Khan of Kalat, which joined Pakistan in 1948

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A. This would explain Coach Cal climbing the steps to the Taung Kalat monastery in Burma the day after the Kansas State loss.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2018

“This is a very big achievement,” said the Khan of Kalat, Suleman Daud, an exiled Baluch tribal leader who helped Mr. Rohrabacher draft his resolution, speaking from his home in Cardiff, Wales.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2012

And the ancient citadel of the Khan of Kalat, friend of the British, lay in ruins, as though for a judgment.

From Time Magazine Archive

When it stopped, Quetta, Kalat, Mastung, Shikapur and dozens of villages were a plain of rubble.

From Time Magazine Archive

The revenues of the khan of Kalat consist partly of subsidies and partly of agricultural revenue, the total value being about Rs.500,000 per annum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various