KASHMIR

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kashmir mean? 

• KASHMIR (noun)
  The noun KASHMIR has 1 sense:

1. an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India

  Familiarity information: KASHMIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KASHMIR (noun)

Meaning:

An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Jammu and Kashmir; Kashmir; Cashmere

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Kashmir"):

Line of Control (a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan)

Karakoram; Karakoram Range; Karakorum Range; Mustagh; Mustagh Range (a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak)

Nanga Parbat (a mountain in the Himalayas in Kashmir (26,660 feet high))

Domain member region:

Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami; Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami; HUJI (an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan)

Holonyms ("Kashmir" is a part of...):

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)