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Kasba

Hindi translation: a small town


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English term or phrase:कसबा, कस्बा
Hindi translation: a small town
Entered by: cmrawal
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05:25 Nov 23, 2007
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English term or phrase: Kasba
The term appears with words like city, town etc.

Thanks in advance!
Suyash Suprabh
India
Local time: 06:20
a small town
Explanation:
Kasba (कसबा or कस्बा) is a population centre that is larger than a village but smaller than a city.
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cmrawal
Local time: 06:20
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5a small town
cmrawal
5 +2town
Kumud Verma
4 +3kasba = town and nagar and shahar = city
langclinic
5 +1a small town.
Shalini Bansal
5 +1KASBA is a small town or a townshipchandan mishra


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
kasba = town and nagar and shahar = city


Explanation:
The answer is self-explanatory.

langclinic
India
Local time: 06:20
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 64

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agree  Ravindra Godbole
1 hr
agree  Ruchi Agarwal
1 day2 hrs
agree  chaman4723
4 days
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
a small town


Explanation:
Kasba (कसबा or कस्बा) is a population centre that is larger than a village but smaller than a city.

cmrawal
Local time: 06:20
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Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 30
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Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ritu Bhanot
3 hrs
  -> धन्यवाद!
agree  chandan mishra
4 hrs
  -> धन्यवाद!
agree  Pundora
20 hrs
  -> धन्यवाद!
agree  georgina singh
1 day1 hr
  -> धन्यवाद!
agree  chaman4723
4 days
  -> धन्यवाद!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
KASBA is a small town or a township


Explanation:
kasba is a township(small town,city)
कसबा =शहर

Example sentence(s):
  • I live at manihari,a kasba( small town) of katihar.
chandan mishra
Local time: 06:20
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
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agree  chaman4723
4 days
  -> thank you very much.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
town


Explanation:
A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. Usually, a "town" is thought of as larger than a village but smaller than a "city".


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town
Kumud Verma
India
Local time: 06:20
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 3

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agree  chaman4723
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a small town.


Explanation:
A kasba is a small town which is bigger than a village but is smaller than a city. They are semi-urban centres.


Shalini Bansal
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:50
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali, Native in HindiHindi

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agree  chaman4723
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Changes made by editors
Jan 4, 2008 - Changes made by cmrawal:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Nov 26, 2007 - Changes made by langclinic:
Language pairHindi to English => English to Hindi


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