dhoonn.
/duːn/ Any of the flat valleys lying parallel to the base of the Himalayas dividing the sub-Himalayan hills into two ranges; spec. the valley of Dehra.
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1814 R. R. Gillespie Let. 29 Oct. in Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. (1816) Aug. 151/1 Me voici in the far-famed Dhoon, the Tempè of Asia; and a most beautiful valley it is.
1877 H. M. Elliot's Hist. India VII. 106 Khalilu-lla Khán..having reached the Dún.
1879 H. B. Medlicott & W. T. Blanford Man. Geol. India II. xxii. 521 They consist of two ranges, separated by a broad flat valley, for which the native name ‘dun’ (doon) has been adopted in India.
1922 19th Cent. Jan. 46 In the lower valleys and hollows, or dhuns.
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