Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light flat-bottomed boat propelled with oars or paddles, used for transportation and fishing on the lakes and waterways of Kashmir and often having a covering to shield passengers from the sun.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Throughout years of heavy fighting in Kashmir's militant insurgency, tourists have still flocked to Dal Lake to stay in a piece of living colonial history - many have wooden porches where guests can relax while gazing at breathtaking mountain vistas and listening to the calls of the fruit and vegetable-sellers from their floating 'shikara' shops.
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Throughout years of heavy fighting in Kashmir's militant insurgency, tourists have still flocked to Dal Lake to stay in a piece of living colonial history - many have wooden porches where guests can relax while gazing at breathtaking mountain vistas and listening to the calls of the fruit and vegetable-sellers from their floating 'shikara' shops.
British Blogs 2009
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Farooq Khan/European Pressphoto Agency Tourists sat on a shikara as it glided through a sea of blooming lotus plants on a hot summer's day on Mansabal Lake, near Srinagar, June 19.
India in Pictures 2011
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This happens when a couple of young white men, tourists, lounging on a shikara on the Dal Lake have the following exchange with the film's central character, Dilawar:
Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011
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Farooq Khan/European Pressphoto Agency Tourists sat on a shikara as it glided through a sea of blooming lotus plants on a hot summer's day on Mansabal Lake, near Srinagar, June 19.
India in Pictures 2011
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Farooq Khan/European Pressphoto Agency Tourists sat on a shikara as it glided through a sea of blooming lotus plants on a hot summer's day on Mansabal Lake, near Srinagar, June 19.
India in Pictures 2011
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This happens when a couple of young white men, tourists, lounging on a shikara on the Dal Lake have the following exchange with the film's central character, Dilawar:
Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011
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This happens when a couple of young white men, tourists, lounging on a shikara on the Dal Lake have the following exchange with the film's central character, Dilawar:
Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011
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Dar Yasin/Associated Press A man paddles his shikara, a traditional gondola, in the Dal Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India.
Asia in Pictures 2012
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This happens when a couple of young white men, tourists, lounging on a shikara on the Dal Lake have the following exchange with the film's central character, Dilawar:
Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011
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