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KASHMIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kashmir mean?
• KASHMIR (noun)
The noun KASHMIR has 1 sense:
1. an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India
Familiarity information: KASHMIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Cashmere; Jammu and Kashmir; Kashmir
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Kashmir"):
Line of Control (a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan)
Karakoram; Karakoram Range; Karakorum Range; Mustagh; Mustagh Range (a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak)
Nanga Parbat (a mountain in the Himalayas in Kashmir (26,660 feet high))
Domain member region:
Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami; Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami; HUJI (an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan)
Holonyms ("Kashmir" 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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