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BIHAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bihar mean? 

BIHAR (noun)
  The noun BIHAR has 1 sense:

1. a state of northeastern Indiaplay

  Familiarity information: BIHAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BIHAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of northeastern India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)

Holonyms ("Bihar" is a part of...):

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)


 Context examples 


In 2015, medical researchers in India held methylene cyclopropyl-glycine (MCPG) — a toxic phytochemical found in the lychee fruit — responsible for outbreaks of AES in India’s Bihar state.

(Lychee deaths linked to pesticides, not the fruit, SciDev.Net)



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