Deccan

/ˈdɛk.ən/

Synonyms for "deccan" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
basalticdeccan plateau

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
geographichistoricaligneous province

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
regionalsouth indiansouth indian plateausultanate era

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geographic descriptorgeographic regiongeologic formationhistorical periodigneous provinceregional cultureregional term

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9 entries
Deccan TrapsDeccan architectureDeccan literatureDeccan plateau climateDeccan plateau geographyEastern DeccanWestern Deccanbasalt flowslava flows

Collocations

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Deccan HighlandsDeccan TrapsDeccan basaltDeccan plateauDeccan regionDeccani languagedeccan architecturedeccan climatedeccan sultanates

Inflections

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Deccansmore Deccanmost Deccan

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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They are 173 items of jewelry reported to be among the world's most exquisite and expensive royal collections. They belonged to a fabulously wealthy dynasty that had ruled over parts of Southern India's Deccan Plateau for seven generations, from 1724 to 1948.

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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 root, and Daughters grow / About the Mother Tree, […]

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Dekkan, or the ſouthern diviſion of “Hindooſtan, called by European geographers, The Peninſula, has varied in boundary, at different periods, with the poſſeſſions of its rulers in adjacent provinces.

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The spies affirmed, that busy fame, / Declared aloud the gallant name, / Of Hussein Khan, the Sooltan’s son, / Whose brand in battle oft had shone, / And spread his youthful glory wide, / Till stood he forth the Dekhan's pride,— / Now called the Moslem force to lead, / And fire their souls to vengeance dread.

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