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Definition of Hindustan
1. Noun. Northern region of India where Hinduism predominates.
Group relationships: Bharat, India, Republic Of India
Member holonyms: Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani
Definition of Hindustan
1. Proper noun. (obsolete) the northern region of India, in which the predominant religion is Hinduism ¹
2. Proper noun. an alternative name for India (''the whole country'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindustan
Literary usage of Hindustan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"He was an eclectic monarch like his successor—Ion go intervallo—in the empire of
hindustan, the great Akbar, before Akbar arrogated to himself divine ..."
2. An Introduction to the History of the Development of Law by Martin Ferdinand Morris (1909)
"hindustan. Mesopotamia, Egypt and Phoenicia were the three great centres from
... I refer to the great peninsula of hindustan. More than a passing glance ..."
3. Storia Do Mogor: Or, Mogul India, 1653-1708 by Niccolao Manucci, William Irvine (1907)
"PROBABILITY OF THE CHINESE HAVING BEEN IN hindustan I opine that this little
account will be of some satisfaction to the reader, more especially at a time ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"Allah-o- Akbar hindustan! "Nomo hindustan." And sing the song of unity. О my
muse, kill the spirit of disunion, О my muse, be the giver of great strength of ..."
5. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"Dissolution of the Armies of hindustan and the ... Baji Rao marches towards
hindustan.—Governor-General disapproves of the Terms Granted to the Ex-Peshwa. ..."
6. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1874)
"north-west of hindustan; and is watered by the CHAPTER i. Indus and its tributaries,
which appear on the map like the sacred candlestick with seven ..."
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