Kashmir

• Cashmere (archaic)
• Kashmeer (dated)

Borrowed from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/, /kæʃˈmiɹ/,^[1] or sometimes /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/, /kæʒˈmiɹ/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Kashmir

2. A contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China.
   • 2019 August 11, Leela Jacinto, “Modi’s shock Kashmir move threatens India’s standing on world’s stage”, in France 24‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2019, Asia / Pacific‎^[2]:

     The picturesque Himalayan region of Kashmir is dangerously contested territory, parts of it claimed by India, Pakistan and China. While the three nuclear armed nations have gone to war over territorial disputes over the past seven decades, the rights of Kashmiris and their dreams of self-determination have been systematically sacrificed, like lambs to slaughter for the Muslim festival.

   • 2023 January 11, Rupam Jain, Kanupriya Kapoor, “How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir”, in Mike Collett-White, David Clarke, editors, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 January 2023‎^[4]:

     Pakistan has claimed Kashmir since the partition of India in 1947 and the countries have fought two wars over the region, which is also partially claimed by China.

   • 2023 October 14, “Massive hype, crowds as India, Pakistan meet in cricket world cup match”, in EFE‎^[5], archived from the original on 15 October 2023‎^[6]:

     The biggest rivalry in cricket reflects bilateral ties outside the ground, as India and Pakistan have fought several wars since the subcontinent was divided into two nations upon its independence from the British empire in 1947.
     The two neighboring countries are involved in a territorial dispute over the Kashmir region, and New Delhi has accused Islamabad of sponsoring cross-border terrorism, a charge that the latter denies.

3. An intermontane valley situated between Pir Panjal Range and Himadri.

Kashmir (plural Kashmirs)

1. Alternative form of Cashmere (“type of goat”).

• Jammu and Kashmir
• Jammu

• “Kashmir”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Kashmir at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Kashmir, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Kashmir”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Kashmir”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Kashmir” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kashmir”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1514, column 1

• Mashrik, khimars

From Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) / Urdu کشمیر (kašmīr), from Sanskrit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.mir/
• Rhymes: -aʃmir
• Hyphenation: Kàsh‧mir

Kashmir m

1. Kashmir (a contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China)
2. Cashmere