jhalaIn Hindustani classical music, the fast-paced conclusion of a raga, often characterized by the overwhelming of the melodic component by the rhythmic component.
JhangarA village in the Rajouri district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, formerly the base of the Mirpur–Poonch Brigade of the State Forces of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.
JhangviA Punjabi dialect spoken in Punjab, Pakistan.
JhankaradhvaniName of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the 19th melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music.
JhansiA city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
jheelA pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.
JhelumA city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the right bank of that river.
JheriA diminutive of the male given names Gerald and Gerard.
jhoolThe saddlecloth, housings or trappings for an elephant, horse, or other domesticated animal.
jhopadpattiAn urban slum of tents or makeshift huts.
JHOVEJSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment: a format-specific digital object validation API written in Java.
jhowA grassy tamarisk shrub, of species Tamarix indica, common in river-marshes.
JhukarA phase of the Late Harappan culture in Sindh that continued after the decline of the mature Indus Valley civilisation in the 2nd millennium BC, and was followed by the Jhangar phase.
JiangmenA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
JiangnanA roughly defined area of China always including the lands south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze in Shanghai, southern Jiangsu, and northern Zhejiang, sometimes inclusive of its cultural sphere north of the river and sometimes extending south as far as Guangdong.
jiangshiA reanimated corpse in Chinese legend, which moves around by hopping with its arms outstretched, and kills living creatures to absorb their life force.
JiangsuA province of China, northeast of the mouth of the Yangtze River. Capital: Nanjing.
JiaozhouA county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, China.
jiaoziA Chinese crescent-shaped dumpling filled with a minced stuffing and steamed, boiled or fried; the Chinese originator or predecessor of the Japanese gyoza.
jibA triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
jibaritoA speciality sandwich of Chicago, made with flattened fried green plantains instead of bread, a garlic-flavoured mayonnaise, and a filling that typically includes meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomato.