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Meaning of doab | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈdoʊ.ɑːb

Definitions

A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers, especially that between the Ganges and the Yamuna

India

Equivalents

हिन्दी दोआब

Examples

“the doab between the Ganges and the Yamuna”
“Bobby pressed his forehead against the rain-splashed windowpane as the train lumbered across the sodden Doab, and prayed for the health of the Tyneside Tail Twisters.”
“Known as the northern black polished (NBP), it first appears after 500 BC, rapidly supersedes the earlier styles (PGW, BRW) in Bihar and UP, an eventually extends across the Doab and deep into Panjab, east to Bengal and south to Maharashtra.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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