Dictionary entry details
• BHARAT (noun)
Meaning:
A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Bharat; India; Republic of India
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Bharat"):
Goa (a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony)
Bihar (a state of northeastern India)
Andhra Pradesh (a state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal)
Salem (a city in southern India)
Nanda Devi (a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,660 feet high))
Lucknow (a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents)
Chennai; Madras (a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras)
Hyderabad (a city in south central India in Andhra Pradesh)
Agra (a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal)
Bombay; Mumbai (a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India)
Gujarat; Gujerat (an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay)
Madras; Tamil Nadu (a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras)
Uttar Pradesh (a state in northern India)
Kamet (a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high))
Himalaya; Himalaya Mountains; Himalayas (a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain)
Ganges; Ganges River (an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus)
Brahmaputra; Brahmaputra River (an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal)
Cashmere; Jammu and Kashmir; Kashmir (an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India)
West Bengal (a state in eastern India)
Nilgiri Hills (hills in southern India)
Orissa (state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal)
Maharashtra (a historical area in west-central India)
Gujarat; Gujerat (a region of western India north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken)
Calcutta; Kolkata (the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding)
Jabalpur; Jubbulpore (an industrial city of central India southeast of Delhi)
Tien Shan; Tyan Shan (a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles)
Pobeda Peak; Pobedy Peak (a mountain peak in the Tien Shan mountains in northern India (24,406 feet high))
Assam (state in northeastern India)
Karnataka; Mysore (state in southern India; formerly Mysore)
Manipur (state in northeastern India)
Hindustan (northern region of India where Hinduism predominates)
Sikkim (a geographical area and former kingdom in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan)
Bangalore (an industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai))
Mysore (a city in southern India southwest of Bangalore)
Delhi; Old Delhi (a city in north central India)
Punjab (a historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan)
Canara; Kanara (a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast)
Meronyms (members of "Bharat"):
Indian (a native or inhabitant of India)
Domain member region:
pucka; pukka (absolutely first class and genuine)
wallah (usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing)
nabob; nawab (a governor in India during the Mogul empire)
crore (the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million)
mahout (the driver and keeper of an elephant)
jawan ((India) a private soldier or male constable)
dacoit; dakoit (a member of an armed gang of robbers)
malik (the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent)
subcontinent (a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent)
casteless; outcaste (not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society)
chapati; chapatti (flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle)
Lucknow (the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857))
battle of Panipat; Panipat (battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761)
battle of Plassey; Plassey (the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal)
godown (a warehouse in the East)
mulligatawny (a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base)
al-Ummah (a terrorist group formed in India in 1992; is believed to be responsible for bombings in southern India in 1998)
Movement for Revenge; Tareekh e Kasas (an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan)
National Volunteers Association; Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (a secret all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India's Hindus)
panchayat; panchayet; punchayet (a village council in India or southern Pakistan)
Mogul empire (an empire established by the Mogul conquerors of India that reigned from 1526 to 1857)
ashram ((India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus)
dacoity; dakoity (robbery by a gang of armed dacoits)
Indian Mutiny; Sepoy Mutiny (discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow))
Holonyms ("Bharat" is a part of...):
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
Holonyms ("Bharat" is a member of...):
British Commonwealth; Commonwealth of Nations (an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and its dependencies and many former British colonies that are now sovereign states but owe allegiance to the British Crown)
OPEC; Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum)
