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Dekkan

Dekkan is the alternative spelling of Deccan.

Meaning of Deccan

Proper noun

Deccan or the Deccan

  1. A geographic region, large plateau, and peninsula in southern India; southern or peninsular India.
    • So counſel'd hee, and both together went / Into the thickeſt Wood, there ſoon they choſe / The Figtree, not that kind for Fruit renown'd, / But ſuch as at this day to Indians known / In Malabar or Decan ſpreds her Armes / Braunching ſo broad and long, that in the ground / The bended Twigs take...1667, John Milton, “Book XIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signatures...

Questions about Dekkan

What is Dekkan the alternative spelling of?
Dekkan is the alternative spelling of Deccan.

Words near Dekkan in the dictionary

  1. deking
  2. dekink
  3. dekinked
  4. dekinking
  5. dekinks
  6. Dekkan
  7. Dekkerian
  8. dekko
  9. dekkos
  10. dekle
  11. DeKler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Dekkan (page history and authors); Deccan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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