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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cutch (kuch),USA pronunciation n. - catechu.
Cutch (kuch),USA pronunciation n. - Place NamesKutch.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Kutch (kuch),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa former state in W India, now part of Gujarat state.
Rann of (run),USA pronunciation a salt marsh NE of this area. 9000 sq. mi. (23,310 sq. km).Also, Cutch. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•e•chu (kat′i cho̅o̅′, -kyo̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n. - any of several astringent substances obtained from various tropical plants, esp. from the wood of two East Indian acacias, Acacia catechu and A. suma: used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc. Also called cashoo, cutch.
- Malayalam, or a cognate Dravidian word
- Malay kacu
- Malayalam; cashoo, cutch perh.
- Portuguese; perh. a conflation of Marathi kāt catechu and kāccu, with same sense, alleged to be
- Neo-Latin
- 1670–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Kutch, Cutch /kʌtʃ/ n - a former state of W India, on the Gulf of Kutch (an inlet of the Arabian Sea): part of Gujarat state since 1960
- Rann of Kutch ⇒ an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: catechu /ˈkætɪˌtʃuː/, cachou, cutch n - a water-soluble astringent resinous substance obtained from any of certain tropical plants, esp the leguminous tree Acacia catechu of S Asia, and used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing
Etymology: 17th Century: probably from Malay kachu, of Dravidian origin |