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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).
Proper noun
Cashmere
- Archaic spelling of Kashmir.
1826, Sylvanus Urban, “Foreign News”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume XCVI, London: John Nichols and Son, page 634:The last accounts from Mr. Moncrieff left him at Cashmere. From that place he sent to ask permission of the Government of Kashgar to go to Buchara, to purchase horses. This was refused, and he was obliged to take another route and proceed through Cabul.
- A city in Washington.
Noun
Cashmere (plural Cashmeres)
- A breed of goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) raised for its hair.
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