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- 2 dictionary resultsHin⋅du⋅stan
[hin-doo-stahn, -stan] 
dʊˈstɑn
–noun
| 1. | Persian name of 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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| Hin·du·stan (hĭn'dŏŏ-stän', -stān') 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. |
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