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Daman definition

də-män
A former Portuguese colony of northwest India on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Khambhat. It was acquired by the Portuguese in 1539 and annexed by India in 1962.
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(place) Small region on the coast of NW India: part of the territory of Daman and Diu.
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The hyrax.
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Capital of the union territory of Daman and Diu (India).
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A male given name used in India, derived from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas.
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Daman Sentence Examples

  • At Daman the mortality was - inoculated 1-6%, uninoculated 24.6%; at Dharwar, inoculated 1.2%, uninoculated 5.2%.

  • The universal custom of sleeping on the house-top in summer promotes rheumatic and neuralgic affections; and in the Koh Daman of Kabul, which the natives regard as having the finest of climates, the mortality from fever and bowel complaint, between July and October, is great, the immoderate use of fruit predisposing to such ailments.

  • After the middle of the 17th century the Asiatic trade of Portugal practically disappeared, and now only Goa, Daman and Diu are left to her as relics of her former greatness.

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