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Hin·du·stan (hin′do̵̅o̅ stan′, -stän′)

  1. kingdom in N India in the 15th & 16th cent.
  2. region in N India, between the Vindhya Mountains & the Himalayas, where Hindi is spoken
  3. the entire Indian subcontinent
  4. the republic of India

Etymology: see Hindustani

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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