Kathiawari

noun

Ka·​thi·​a·​wa·​ri

ˌkätēəˈwärē

1

: a breed of small hardy horses of India that are partly descended from Arabian horses

2

plural -s : a horse of the Kathiawari breed

Word History

Etymology

probably from Hindi or Gujarati kāthiāwādī of Kāthiāwād (Kathiawar), peninsula on the western coast of India

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