Hindustan

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Hin·du·stan

H0209600 (hĭn′do͝o-stän′, -stăn′) A historical region of India considered at various times to include only the upper Ganges River plateau or all of northern India from the Himalaya Mountains to the Deccan Plateau and from the Punjab to Assam. The term has also been applied to the entire Indian subcontinent.

Hindustan

(ˌhɪndʊˈstɑːn) n1. (Placename) the land of the Hindus, esp India north of the Deccan and excluding Bengal2. (Placename) the general area around the Ganges where Hindi is the predominant language3. (Hinduism) the areas of India where Hinduism predominates, as contrasted with those areas where Islam predominates

Hin•du•stan

(ˌhɪn dʊˈstɑn, -ˈstæn)

n. 1. a region of N India, esp. the part N of the Deccan. 2. the predominantly Hindu areas of India, as contrasted with the predominantly Muslim areas of Pakistan.

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Noun

Hindustan - northern region of India where Hinduism predominatesBharat, 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 1947Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India

Translations

Hindustan

(hĭn'do͝ostăn`) [Persian,=Hindu land], historical term, usually applied to the Ganges Plain of N India, between the Himalayas in the north and the Deccan plateau in the south. Used variably throughout Indian history—generally in contradistinction to the Deccan of peninsular India—it gradually came to mean the whole of N India from the Punjab to Assam. The term Hindustan has also been applied to the whole Indian subcontinent.

Hindustan

a loose designation for the whole of India or for northern India, as opposed to the Deccan. More narrowly, “Hindustan” refers to the region inhabited by speakers of Hindustani, an area that encompasses the Ganges River valley from the Delhi region to the Varanasi (Benares) region.

Hindustan

1. the land of the Hindus, esp India north of the Deccan and excluding Bengal 2. the general area around the Ganges where Hindi is the predominant language 3. the areas of India where Hinduism predominates, as contrasted with those areas where Islam predominates

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