See Also: Kohima(encyclopedia)

transporter (iou) and Kohima (sh)


transporter (iou)



transporter noun. M16.
[from TRANSPORT verb + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which transports people, goods, etc.; now esp. a vehicle used to transport Other vehicles, large pieces of machinery, etc., by road.
Comb.: transporter-bridge a bridge carrying vehicles etc. across water on a moving platform or carriage suspended from supports.

Kohima (sh)




Town (population 2001 prelim.: 78,584), capital of Nagaland state, northeastern India.

It lies near the northern border of Manipur state in the Naga Hills. It marked the farthest point of the Japanese advance into British India during World War II. It was held briefly by Japanese troops during the Manipur campaign in 1944 but was retaken by the British. It is the site of Nagaland University.