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Definition of Gujarat

1. Noun. A region of western India to the north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken.

2. Noun. An industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay.

Definition of Gujarat

1. Proper noun. State in western India which has Gandhinagar as its capital. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gujarat

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Literary usage of Gujarat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1908)
"... with the one prepared by Dr. Bhandarkar from MSS. found in Gujarat. ... of MSS. in Gujarat gives a list of different Upanishads containing several names ..."

2. Capital (1888)
"This is likely to put an end to the controversy raised by the Gujarat Government ... The charge of discrimination between Gujarat and Maharashtra on the ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The country to the west and south-west of the Midland, in which this outer group of languages was spoken, included the modern Punjab, Rajputana and Gujarat. ..."

4. Catalogue of the Library of the India Office by Reinhold Rost, James Fuller Blumhardt (1908)
"Gujarat desano itihasa. History of Gujarat for the use of schools. ... A short History of Gujarat. By pp. 33. 12mo. Bombay, 1878. ..."

5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"Panch Mahals, Gujarat (Guzerat), Bombay Presidency. Lat. 22° 46' 30* N., and long. 73° 40' E. ; situated on the main road from Nimach (Neemuch) to Baroda, ..."

6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"and was appointed commissioner and commander of the troops in Gujarat. He married Julia, daughter of the Rev. Robert Raikes of Longhope, Gloucestershire, ..."

7. India by Shalini Saran (1998)
"The state can be broadly divided into three parts: Kutch; the semi- arid peninsula of Saurashtra; and the verdant plains of Gujarat, where the major cities ..."

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