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ghat

[gawt, got]
–noun (in India)
1. a wide set of steps descending to a river, esp. a river used for bathing.
2. a mountain pass.
3. a mountain range or escarpment.
Also, ghaut.


Origin:
1595–1605; < Hindi ghāṭ < Skt ghaṭṭa
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ghat also ghaut   (gôt, gät)   
n.  A broad flight of steps leading down to the bank of a river in India, used especially by bathers.

[Hindi ghāt, from Sanskrit ghaṭṭaḥ, probably of Dravidian origin; akin to Telugu kaṭṭu, gaṭṭu, dam, embankment.]
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