Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

कसबा, कस्बा

Hindi translation:

a small town

Added to glossary by C.M. Rawal
Nov 23, 2007 05:25
16 yrs ago
English term

Kasba

English to Hindi Other Other
The term appears with words like city, town etc.

Thanks in advance!
Change log

Nov 26, 2007 05:44: Rajan Chopra changed "Language pair" from "Hindi to English" to "English to Hindi"

Jan 4, 2008 03:50: C.M. Rawal Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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a small town

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

agree Ritu Bhanot
3 hrs
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agree chandan mishra
4 hrs
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agree Pundora
20 hrs
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agree georgina singh
1 day 1 hr
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agree chaman4723
4 days
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+3
27 mins

kasba = town and nagar and shahar = city

The answer is self-explanatory.
Peer comment(s):

agree Ravindra Godbole
1 hr
agree Ruchi Agarwal
1 day 2 hrs
agree chaman4723
4 days
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+1
1 hr

KASBA is a small town or a township

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

I live at manihari,a kasba( small town) of katihar.

Peer comment(s):

agree chaman4723
4 days
thank you very much.
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+2
3 hrs

town

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".
Peer comment(s):

agree chandan mishra
1 hr
agree chaman4723
3 days 23 hrs
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+1
5 hrs

a small town.

A kasba is a small town which is bigger than a village but is smaller than a city. They are semi-urban centres.
Peer comment(s):

agree chaman4723
3 days 21 hrs
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