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GREAT INDIAN DESERT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Great Indian Desert mean?
• GREAT INDIAN DESERT (noun)
The noun GREAT INDIAN DESERT has 1 sense:
1. a desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan
Familiarity information: GREAT INDIAN DESERT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Great Indian Desert; Thar Desert
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Great Indian Desert" is a part of...):
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
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