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ghat

ghat [ gaat ] (plural ghats)


noun 
Definition:
 
steps to river bank: in South Asia, a place on a river bank with steps down to the water, especially one where people bathe as a sacred rite or one near which the dead are cremated

[Early 17th century. < Hindi ghāt]
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