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1. (n.) Hindustan
a region of N India, esp. the part N of the Deccan.
2. Hindustan
the predominantly Hindu areas of India, as contrasted with the predominantly Muslim areas of Pakistan.
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1. (noun) Hindustan
northern region of India where Hinduism predominates
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1. hindustan
a name sometimes loosely applied to the entire Indian peninsula, but which, strictly speaking, embraces only the country of the upper valley of the Ganges, divided into NW. Provinces, Oude, and Behar; the language spoken is Hindi, a pure Sanskritic tongue, on which Hindustani is based, but with large Persian and Arabic admixtures.
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