konkan

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proper noun

A rugged section of the western coastline of India, including the districts of Maharashtra and Goa.

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Meanings

konkan1

nounkonkan (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountablecard gamesAlternative form of conquian

    To help wile away the hours, Sharif taught them an elaborate card game called konkan and a form of backgammon called taweah.

    1994, Kathryn Meyer Griffith, The Calling, page 203

Konkan2

nounKonkan (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountablecard gamesAlternative form of conquian

    That Christmas, Mama Evelyn had taught me how to play Konkan, an Iraqi variant of gin rummy that covertly doubles as a way to teach kids arithmetic.

    2018, Mona Hanna-Attisha, What the Eyes Don't See, A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City, page 8

Konkan3

proper noun

alternative Cokun · alternative Cuncan · alternative Cunkan · alternative Kokan

  1. A rugged section of the western coastline of India, including the districts of Maharashtra and Goa.

Origin

  1. Sanskritकोङ्कण
  2. EnglishKonkan

Ultimately from Sanskrit कोङ्कण (koṅkaṇa).

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Translations

Bengali কোঙ্কণ
  • কোঙ্কণ (kōṅkon)a rugged section of the western coastline of India
Hindi कोंकण
  • कोंकण (kõkaṇ)a rugged section of the western coastline of India
Portuguese Concão
  • Concãoa rugged section of the western coastline of India
Punjabi ਕੋਂਕਣ, کونکَن
  • ਕੋਂਕਣ (koṅkaṇ)a rugged section of the western coastline of India
  • کونکَن (konkan)a rugged section of the western coastline of India
Tamil கொங்கண்
  • கொங்கண் (koṅkaṇ)a rugged section of the western coastline of India
Urdu کونکَن
  • کونکَنa rugged section of the western coastline of India
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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