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kash⋅mir

  [kazh-meer, kash-]
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Kash⋅mir

  [kash-meer, kazh-, kash-meer, kazh-]
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1. Also, Cashmere. a former princely state in SW Asia, adjacent to India, Pakistan, Sinkiang, and Tibet: sovereignty in dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.
2. Official name, Jammu and Kashmir. the part of this state occupied by India, forming a state in the Indian union. 5,220,000; ab. 53,500 sq. mi. (138,000 sq. km). Capital: Srinagar (summer); Jammu (winter).

cash⋅mere

  [kazh-meer, kash-]
–noun
1. the fine, downy wool at the roots of the hair of the Kashmir goat.
2. a garment made of this wool.
3. a yarn made from this wool.
4. a wool or cashmere fabric of plain or twill weave.
Also, kashmir.

Origin:
1815–25; named after Cashmere
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Kash·mir   (kāsh'mîr', kāsh-mîr')   

  1. also Cash·mere (kāsh'mîr', kāsh-mîr') A historical region of northwest India and northeast Pakistan. Conquered by the Mogul emperor Akbar 1586, it later came under the control of Afghanistan (1757) and a Sikh empire (1819). After 1846 it was part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.

  2. See Jammu and Kashmir.

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Kashmir [(kash-meer)]

A state of India, in its extreme north. When mainly Hindu India became independent of Great Britain in 1947, many of its predominantly Muslim areas split off as Pakistan. Kashmir, a mainly Muslim area, remained part of India, which led to persistent conflicts between India and Pakistan.

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Word Origin & History

cashmere 
1684, old spelling of Kashmir, Himalayan kingdom where wool was obtained from long-haired goats. As a name for this kind of woolen fabric, favored for shawls, etc., or for the shawls themselves, it is attested from 1822.
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