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Meghalaya
Meghalaya , state (2001 provisional pop. 2,306,069), c.8,700 sq mi (22,530 sq km), NE India, bordered on the south by Bangladesh. The capital is Shillong . Meghalaya is in the Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia hills, at an elevation of 4,000-6,000 ft (1,220-1,830 m). The inhabitants are Khasi, Synteng, and ... Read more
rain
rain precipitation in liquid form. It consists of drops of water falling from clouds; if the drops are very small, they are collectively termed drizzle. Rain plays a key role in the hydrologic, or water, cycle in which moisture from the oceans evaporates, condenses into clouds, precipitates back to... Read more

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Khasi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Khasi ETHNONYMS: Cassia, Cossyah, Kasia, Kassia...Orientation Identification and Location. The Khasi (who call themselves Ki Kh á si...Several Mon-Khmer-speaking groups. The Khasi themselves live in the upland center of this...
Shillong
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Shillong , city (1991 pop. 223,366), capital of Meghalaya state, NE India. It is a summer resort c.5,000 ft (1,525 m) high in the Khasi Hills. There are two colleges. Christian Khasi and Garo tribes inhabit the surrounding districts.
Meghalaya
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Bangladesh. The capital is Shillong . Meghalaya is in the Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia hills, at an elevation of 4,000-6,000 ft (1,220-1,830 m). The inhabitants are Khasi, Synteng, and Pner tribespeople, who speak a Mon-Khmer language...
Mikir
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Subdivision of the Sibsagar District, Nowgong, Kamrup, the Khasi Hills, and the Cachar Hills. Mikir, a name of uncertain derivation...Relations Some traditions point to the eastern portion of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills (near the Kopili or Kupli River) as the...
Southeast Asian languages
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...as Cham of Cambodia and southern Vietnam, Semang and Sakai of the Malay Peninsula, Nicobarese of the Nicobar Islands, and Khasi of Assam in India. Grammatically, the Mon-Khmer languages make great use of affixes (prefixes, infixes, and suffixes...
rain
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...rainfall varies from less than an inch annually in a desert to more than 400 in. (1,000 cm) where the monsoons strike the Khasi hills in Assam, India, and on the windward slopes of Hawaiian mountains. In the United States the range is from less than...

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Khasi a dying language, becomes a major poll plank.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 3/13/2009; 700+ words ; By, Raymond. R -- Khasi, spoken by about a million people in...eighth schedule of the Constitution. Khasi, which is part of the Mon-Khmer group...Academy of Letters' to encourage the use of Khasi as a spoken language, encourage writing...
Feature: Life of Bangladesh Khasi people improves along with economic development
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 10/28/2008; 700+ words ; Feature: Life of Bangladesh Khasi people improves along with economic development...Yanan DHAKA, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Khasi tribe, which lives in India and Bangladesh...As the economy develops, the life of Khasi is improving. There are more than one...
Lace curtains, scones and tea-towels remain in the Khasi Hills; Welsh legacies in a part of India where missionaries made a big impact in 1833.
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/23/2009; 700+ words ; ...decade after the British conquered the Khasi Hills in Assam, India, in 1833 dozens...out of a population of around 100,000 Khasi, there were almost 20,000 converts who...discussion on the evangelisation of his native Khasi Hills by Welsh missionaries. Co-host...
Meghalaya returning to normalcy after Khasi stir.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 7/6/2007; 700+ words ; Meghalaya returning to normalcy after Khasi stir Shillong, Jul 6 (PTI) With the release of the jailed Khasi Student Union leaders, Meghalaya is now...districts were affected due to a series of Khasi Students' Union agitational programmes...
KHADC TO AMEND KHASI LINEAGE ACT
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/3/2007; 498 words ; ...Hindustan Times SHILLONG, Oct 3 -- The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) proposes to amend the Khasi Lineage Act, 2005, to deter individuals from outside the community to claim Khasi status.The proposals have found favour...
NCP TO FOCUS ON KHASI-JAINTIA HILLS FOR 2008 POLLS
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/24/2006; 465 words ; ...Congress Party (NCP) would now focus on Khasi-Jaintia Hills in preparation for the...failed' to make required inroads in Khasi-Jaintia Hills. The party, he said...individuals' to take its manifesto forward in Khasi-Jaintia Hills for the 2008 Assembly elections...
Bridge over monsoon waters: Khasi villagers in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya have long used an ingenious means of crossing the turbulent streams that separate their villages and plantations during the monsoon season. By exploiting the natural growth characteristics of an indigenous rubber tree, they produce sophisticated examples of bioengineering.
Magazine article from: Geographical; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This region of the East Khasi Hills in northeast India's Meghalaya state is almost exclusively Khasi territory, and the Khasis, a Mon-Khmer...rivers and streams run at full spate. KHASI BIOENGINEERING The Khasis have developed...
The extraordinary bridges over the Khasi river valleys are living works of art, says Jini Reddy ; ROOT MASTERS
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 1/30/2010; 700+ words ; ...in the area's isolated valleys: the Khasi. They, or rather their forefathers...banker from Chennai who married a woman of Khasi descent, discovered the bridges for himself...from Cherrapunjee town, high above the Khasi Hills which rise from the Bangladeshi plains...
Khasi tribe members in northeast India endorse kings' demand for legal recognition
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/14/2004; ; 493 words ; ...2004 Dateline: SMIT, India Thousands of Khasi tribe members enthusiastically backed their...ages, clan chiefs and tribal kings of the Khasi people have settled land, crime and family...king of Mylliem, the largest of the 25 Khasi village clusters, or "counties." Tribal...
Khasi tribes people in northeast India endorse kings' demand for legal recognition
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/14/2004; ; 493 words ; ...2004 Dateline: SMIT, India Thousands of Khasi tribes people enthusiastically backed their...ages, clan chiefs and tribal kings of the Khasi people have settled land, crime and family...king of Mylliem, the largest of the 25 Khasi village clusters, or "counties." Tribal...