Thar
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7.9
- proper noun
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Thar
- ...were taken hostage earlier today while vacationing in the Thar Desert--
- Thar Desert
Examples
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Officials on Monday confirmed the deaths of at least 60 peacocks in the Thar Desert, part of southern Sindh province, over the last week.
Blog text (11) -
He'd seen similar totems in orcish settlements in Thar and kobold warrens in Ashanath.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Thar was ahead of thar."
Fiction book (1994) -
One of the key things is this story, and Thar and Kassel tell her.
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...while vacationing in the Thar Desert along the Pakistan-India border.
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The caption below indicated the place was the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India.
Academic text (2011) -
Alwar is a part of the ancient Aravalli mountain range that extends through the part of the Thar Desert lying in Rajasthan, right up to New Delhi.
Academic text (2007) -
Some dryland residents are among the world's most isolated people, such as those who live in Pakistan's Thar Desert, or inhabitants of the Atacama in Chile, where a single landline telephone is all that connects one town to the rest of the world.
Academic text (2007) -
Joint ventures within Pakistan include the Thar coal project, widening of the Karakoram Highway, the Basha Dam, the Saindak gold and copper project, and most importantly, the Gwadar deep sea port.
Blog text (8) -
Visitors to the Thar Desert can enjoy breathtaking sunsets over the sand dunes.
Synonyms
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6.1
A large dry area of sand in northwest India and southeast Pakistan with little plant life
A large dry area east of the Indus River in northwest India and southeast Pakistan
Idioms
Compounds
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6.1
A large dry area of sand in northwest India and southeast Pakistan with little plant life
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thar comes from the local languages of India and Pakistan where thar meant 'desert' or 'sand', so the name simply means the large dry region we call the Great Indian Desert.