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Terai

/təˈɹaɪ/

A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains.

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noun

1
A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains.
2
A terai hat.

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tarainoun	Alternative form of terai. [A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains.]
regionnoun	Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
intervalenoun	An alluvial terrace or plain.
transhimalayanoun	A mountain range on the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, parallel to the main Himalayan range.
borderlandnoun	Land near a border; marches.
intervalleynoun	A valley lying between other valleys, or between other entities.
subterrainnoun	An underground region.
hinterlandnoun	The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
intermoundnoun	The area between mounds
middle reachesnoun	The middle portion of something.
junglesidenoun	(rare) The area beside a jungle.
terminal figurenoun	Terminus, the Roman god of boundaries.
reentrant	(programming) That may be executed more than once at a time either by different threads, or because of recursion.
interfluvenoun	(geology) The region of higher land between two connected river valleys.
beltnoun	(clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
necknoun	(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
subterranitynoun	(obsolete) An underground place
termanoun	Hidden teachings in various Buddhist traditions.
subtropicsnoun	The region between the tropics and the temperate latitudes of the world.
valleynoun	An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.