Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest India in the Thar Desert near the Pakistan border west-southwest of Delhi. It has several 16th-century Rajput palaces built of red sandstone.
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Examples
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BIKANER: Two college-going students were crushed to death by a speeding bus on Karni Nagar Road in Bikaner on Saturday morning.
The Times of India 2010
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BIKANER - Bikaner witnessed a rally of about 500 camels through its main thoroughfares on Monday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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BIKANER - Bikaner witnessed a rally of about 500 camels through its main thoroughfares on Monday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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BIKANER - Bikaner witnessed a rally of about 500 camels through its main thoroughfares on Monday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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BIKANER - Bikaner witnessed a rally of about 500 camels through its main thoroughfares on Monday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Under Aurangzeb, tolerant understanding gave way to a vicious proselytism and it was only in remote centres such as Bikaner that later Mughal artists exercised their style on Krishna themes.
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943
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We had hailstorms in Bikaner which is quite unheard of.
NAACHGAANA 2008
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We had hailstorms in Bikaner which is quite unheard of.
NAACHGAANA 2008
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Dinesh Gupta/Associated Press A camel waited to participate in the camel haircut competition at the annual camel festival in Bikaner, India, Sunday.
Asia in Pictures 2012
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One such investor was 52-yearold Paru Bai of Dandkala village in Bikaner, who like most other artisans working with Rangasutra, crossed over from Sindh province of Pakistan after the 1971 war.
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