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Gir forest

Gir forest proper noun: a forest in the Saurashtra peninsula of Gujarat, a state in western India.

Proper noun

Gir forest

  1. A forest in the Saurashtra peninsula of Gujarat, a state in western India.
    • Gir cattle is in the Gir forest of south Kathiawar and they are found in their purest state in this area . Cattle of Gir blood are however met with over a wide area including large portions of western Rajputana and of Baroda and the northern sections of Bombay Province.1941, Indian Bureau of Public Information, Indian Information Series, Volumes 8-9, page 94

Origin of Gir forest

From Gujarati ગિરિ (giri, hill), a calque of the Sanskrit word गिरि (also giri, hill) for the terrain, originally from the Proto-Indo-European recontruction gʷer- ("heavy", "to swallow/consume").

Words formed from Gir forest

Questions about Gir forest

What does Gir forest mean?
Gir forest means a forest in the Saurashtra peninsula of Gujarat, a state in western India.
What part of speech is Gir forest?
Gir forest is a proper noun.

Words near Gir forest in the dictionary

  1. gipsywise
  2. Gipuzkoa
  3. Gipuzkoan
  4. Gipuzkoans
  5. Gir
  6. Gir forest
  7. Gir Somnath
  8. Giraavaru
  9. giracodazole
  10. giraff
  11. giraffe

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