Definition of Hindustan

1. Noun. Northern region of India where Hinduism predominates.


Definition of Hindustan

1. Proper noun. (obsolete) the northern region of India, in which the predominant religion is Hinduism ¹

2. Proper noun. an alternative name for India (''the whole country'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindustan

Hindostani
Hindu
Hindu-Arabic numeral
Hindu Kush
Hindu Kush Mountains
Hindu calendar
Hindu calendar month
Hindu deity
Hindu numeral
Hinduism
Hinduisms
Hinduistic
Hinduistically
Hinduphobia
Hindus
Hindustan
Hindustani
Hindustanis
Hines-Brown test
Hingham
Hinglish
Hinman
Hinman syndrome
Hinomaru
Hintikka set
Hintikkian
Hinton
Hinton test
Hipparchus
Hippeastrum puniceum

Literary usage of Hindustan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"He was an eclectic monarch like his successor—Ion go intervallo—in the empire of hindustan, the great Akbar, before Akbar arrogated to himself divine ..."

2. An Introduction to the History of the Development of Law by Martin Ferdinand Morris (1909)
"hindustan. Mesopotamia, Egypt and Phoenicia were the three great centres from ... I refer to the great peninsula of hindustan. More than a passing glance ..."

3. Storia Do Mogor: Or, Mogul India, 1653-1708 by Niccolao Manucci, William Irvine (1907)
"PROBABILITY OF THE CHINESE HAVING BEEN IN hindustan I opine that this little account will be of some satisfaction to the reader, more especially at a time ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"Allah-o- Akbar hindustan! "Nomo hindustan." And sing the song of unity. О my muse, kill the spirit of disunion, О my muse, be the giver of great strength of ..."

5. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"Dissolution of the Armies of hindustan and the ... Baji Rao marches towards hindustan.—Governor-General disapproves of the Terms Granted to the Ex-Peshwa. ..."

6. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1874)
"north-west of hindustan; and is watered by the CHAPTER i. Indus and its tributaries, which appear on the map like the sacred candlestick with seven ..."

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