dhoon
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindustani دُون (dūn) / दून (dūn).
Noun edit
dhoon (plural dhoons)
- (India, chiefly in the plural) Any of the flat valleys lying parallel to the base of the Himalayas, and between the rise of that mountain mass and the low tertiary ranges known as the sub-Himalayan or Sivalik Hills, or rather between the interior and exterior of these ranges.
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “dhoon”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].