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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cashmere \Cash"mere\, noun
1. A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Tibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.
2. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.
{Cashmere shawl}, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; -- often called {camel's-hair shawl}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cashmere
noun
1: a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat
2: the wool of the Kashmir goat
3: an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India [syn: {Kashmir}, {Jammu and Kashmir}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cashmere, WA (city, FIPS 10495) Location: 47.51837 N, 120.46761 W Population (1990): 2544 (1057 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98815
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Cashmere, WA -- U.S. city in Washington Population (2000): 2965 Housing Units (2000): 1174 Land area (2000): 0.892518 sq. miles (2.311611 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.017558 sq. miles (0.045475 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.910076 sq. miles (2.357086 sq. km) FIPS code: 10495 Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53 Location: 47.519515 N, 120.468967 W ZIP Codes (1990): 98815 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Cashmere, WA Cashmere
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