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Swat

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Swat , district of the Malakand division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan. Saidu Sharif is the capital. The largely inaccessible region is reached by air and through mountain passes from the south and east. Swat was famous for its beautiful forests and gardens and had a noted wood-carving industry, but its extensive deodar forests in the north have been drastically deforested. Agriculture is dominated by the growing of potatoes for export and of vegetables and fruits for urban markets. Tourism was a major industry prior to the rise of Islamic militants in the early 21st cent.

Archaeological evidence indicates that Swat's history dates back to at least the 3d cent. BC Long a stronghold of Buddhism, it has several Buddhist stupas. In 2007–8 there was fighting in Swat between Pakistani troops and Islamic militants. A peace agreement was signed with the militants in May, 2008, but fighting resumed two months later. In Feb., 2009, the government, which had failed to rout the militants, agreed to a cease-fire and the establishment of Islamic rule in the district. The situation deteriorated, however, following government operations in April against militants in nearby areas, and in May–July the government mounted a major offensive in Swat. Swat was among those areas most severely devastated by the monsoon floods of 2010.

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swat

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

swat / swät/ • v. (swat·ted , swat·ting ) [tr.] hit or crush (something, esp. an insect) with a sharp blow from a flat object: I swatted a mosquito that had landed on my wrist | [intr.] swatting at a fly. ∎ hit (someone) with a sharp blow: she swatted him over the head with a rolled-up magazine. • n. such a sharp blow: the dog gave the hedgehog a sideways swat.

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swat

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

swat (dial.) squat XVII; hit smartly XVIII. dial. var. of SQUAT.

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T. F. HOAD. "swat." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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swat

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

swat •allot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, knot, lot, Mayotte, motte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, shot, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, twat, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht •robot • hotshot • peridot • microdot •Wyandot • polka dot • fylfot • mascot •Caldecott • carrycot • apricot •boycott • dovecote • sandlot • melilot •polyglot • Camelot • ocelot •monoglot • sub-plot • Lancelot •cachalot • counterplot • Wilmot •guillemot • motmot • bergamot

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SWAT

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

SWAT (swɒt) (USA) Special Weapons and Tactics (police unit)

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "SWAT." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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