Bundelkhand

American

[boon-dl-kuhnd, -khuhnd] / ˌbʊn dlˈkʌnd, -ˈxʌnd /

noun

a former group of Indian states in central India, now part of Madhya Pradesh.

Bundelkhand British

/ ˌbʌndəlˈkʌnd, -ˈxʌnd /

noun

a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh

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Etymology

Origin of Bundelkhand

First recorded in 1870–75; from Hindi: literally, “domain of the Bundela” (a clan in the Rajput)

Example Sentences

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The project is supposed to help the drought-prone Bundelkhand region - which includes parts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh - where arid climate and unpredictable rainfall patterns have led to decades of poverty and underdevelopment.

From BBC

In 2018, a labourer from Bundelkhand found a diamond worth 15m rupees in a mine in Panna.

From BBC

Banpur, a village of about 13,000, lies in the mostly poor Bundelkhand region deep in India’s interior.

From Seattle Times

Born as a single-sheet newspaper 20 years ago in the economically deprived Bundelkhand region of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Khabar Lahariya - which translates to Waves of News - is now fully digital, with more than half a million subscribers on YouTube and 10 million average monthly views.

From BBC

The incident took place in a drought-parched village in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh state.

From BBC

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