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daman
(dam′ən)
noun
hyrax
Origin: Ar damān Isrā'īl, sheep of Israel
small region on the coast of NW India: part of the territory of Daman and Diu
See daman in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A former Portuguese colony of northwest India on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Khambhat. It was acquired by the Portuguese in 1588 and annexed by India in 1962.
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