Gujarat
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- proper noun
- Many tourists visit Gujarat to experience its famous festivals and explore the diverse wildlife in its national parks.
- Gujarat state
- Gujarat election
- Gujarat state assembly
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The first traders relocated from Mauritius because of better business opportunities, but subsequent migration was directly from Gujarat to Natal.
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The Adamjee group, advertisers on BBC, are from Gujarat's Jetpur village and founded Muslim Commercial Bank.
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Do you know how orthodox they are in Gujarat?
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"I also have concern for the fishermen of Gujarat, and our government will definitely look into their problems," she said.
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I was born in a small town called Godra in the state of Gujarat, where Saheli is actually based.
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Along the highways of Gujarat, we encountered nomads, at times in lines that extended to the horizon.
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The Congress party lost to the JP-backed Janata Front in the elections for the North Indian state of Gujarat.
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Mehul Solanki has been with the MINDS program in Vadodara, Gujarat, since August 2011, when we first began Phase I.
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Himanshu Vyas, right, filing his nomination papers for the Gujarat state assembly elections from the Wadhvan constituency
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Sahajanand Swami believed the social deterioration in Gujarat reflected the deterioration of dharma.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
A state in western India officially spelled Gujarat, known for coastal cities and factories
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gujarat comes from the name of a group called the Gurjar and a word meaning 'land' or 'country', so it originally meant 'land of the Gurjars'. That's why Gujarat is the name of the state in western India.