“duab”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

duab

释义

‖ doab, duab|ˈdəʊəb, ˈduːəb|
[Pers. and Urdū dōāb, lit. ‘two waters’; used in India of the tongue of land between the Ganges and Jumna, and of similar tracts in the Punjab, etc.]
The ‘tongue’ or tract of land between two confluent rivers.
1803Wellington Disp. (1844) I. 605 (Stanf.) That you should transport your company..into the dooab between [that river] and the Godavery.1824Heber Jrnl. (1828) II. 4 An eligible method of travelling in the Dooab.1835A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara (ed. 2) III. 319 Cotton..is chiefly produced in the ‘doab’, between the Sutlege and Beas Rivers.1854R. G. Latham Native Races Russian Emp. 177 The Doab, Entre Rios, or Mesopotamia, bounded by the rivers Obi and Irtish.1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 72 Khutu proper..begins with a Doab. Note. This useful word, which means the land about the bifurcation of two streams, has no English equivalent..[and] might be naturalized with advantage.

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