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26/11

26/11 proper noun: the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Proper noun

26/11

  1. (metonymically) The 2008 Mumbai attacks.
    • Just as 9/11 entered the dictionary of terror, so too will 26/11, the day which will go down as Mumbai's darkest hour, when terrorists laid siege to the city's roads, airports, railway station, hospitals and two of its best known luxury hotels, leaving a trail of death and destruction and taking...[2008 December 8, Malini Bhupta, Aditi Pai, Saurabh Shukla, Bhavna Vij-Aurora, “New terror strategy”, in India Today, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 1
    • The revelation about ISI’s role in 26/11 had not come from the interrogation of Pakistani-American LeT operative David Headley, but through India’s own investigation which had been shared with the U.S. officials.2010 August 6, Lalit K. Jha, “US Investigating Possible ISI Role in Mumbai Attack”, in India-West, volume 35, number 37, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page A14

Examples of 26/11 in a sentence

  • Ps talk to the family of 26/11 victims and ask them what does this current cricket series mean to them.2012 December 26, Shiva IYER <om.sriguru@gmail.com>, “Re: Paak terrorists kill our soldier while we are hosting their cricket team..”, in...
  • Aashish Contractor, a doctor and a 26/11 survivor, counts himself lucky.2015 November 15, Amit Roy, Samyabrata Ray Goswami, “For Mumbai, same sounds and sights”, in The Telegraph (India), via EBSCOhost, →OCLC...
  • Its usage increased even more after the 9/11 and 26/11 tragedies in the United States and India, respectively (Awan 2010; Elbih 2018; Iqbal 2020; Kumar 2016; Masood 2023).2025 October, Jamia Millia Islamia, “Filmic construction of regional Islamophobia: Rendering Kashmiri Muslims in Hindi cinema”, in Journal...

Origin of 26/11

From 26 November written in the dd/MM date format used in India.

Questions about 26/11

What does 26/11 mean?
26/11 means the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
How do you use 26/11 in a sentence?
Ps talk to the family of 26/11 victims and ask them what does this current cricket series mean to them.
What part of speech is 26/11?
26/11 is a proper noun.

Words near 26/11 in the dictionary

  1. 25th
  2. 26
  3. 26+6=1
  4. 26.2
  5. 26.2s
  6. 26/11
  7. 26s
  8. 26th
  9. 27 Club
  10. 27th
  11. 28th

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