Gir forest

proper noun

A forest in the Saurashtra peninsula of Gujarat, a state in western India.

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Meanings

proper noun
  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

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").

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Chicago

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