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Kashmir

Name: Kashmir
Address: CN

34.5000°N 76.0000°E · Q43100

One English word in this atlas traces back to Kashmir. It sits in People's Republic of China.

All of People's Republic of China

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cashmerenoun · 17th century

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The wool is Kashmir, spelled the old English way.

English cashmere is an older spelling of Kashmir, the Himalayan region associated with the goat and the shawls made from its wool. The place became the fiber.

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