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Definition of Terai
1. Noun. A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains. ¹
2. Noun. A terai hat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Terai
1. a sun hat with a wide brim [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terai
Literary usage of Terai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The low alluvial Und of the terai is well adapted for cultivation, and is, so to
speak, the granary of Nepal ; bat owing to scantiness of population and ..."
2. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1863)
"With a view to gratify the Rajah in a point which he has much at heart, the
British Government is willing to restore the terai ceded to it by the Rajah in ..."
3. Thirty Years of Shikar by Edward Braddon (1895)
"HE Nepal terai came upon one as a delightful contrast to the monotonous ...
In the terai wide stretches of forest were relieved by undulating glades studded ..."
4. Himalayan Journals, Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1854)
"... to Nepal frontier—terai, geology of—Physical features of Himalayan
valleys—Elephants, ... terai—Geology —Iron—Lohar-ghur—Coal and sandstone beds—Mechi ..."
5. Lepcha Land: Or, Six Weeks in the Sikhim Himalayas by Florence Donaldson (1900)
"AT the base of the Himalaya lies a broad strip of land known as the terai: a name
with which we have learned to associate that wasting fever, ..."
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