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Cawnpore

UK/ˈkɔːnpɔː/US/ˈkɔnpoɹ/

Cawnpore proper noun: former name of Kanpur: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Proper noun

Cawnpore

  1. Former name of Kanpur: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
    • If our door were in the hands of the Sepoys the place must fall, and the women and children be treated as they were in Cawnpore.1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Strange Story of Jonathan Small”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 238

Questions about Cawnpore

What does Cawnpore mean?
Cawnpore means former name of Kanpur: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
What part of speech is Cawnpore?
Cawnpore is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Cawnpore?
Cawnpore is pronounced /ˈkɔːnpɔː/ (UK).

Words near Cawnpore in the dictionary

  1. CAWN
  2. cawney
  3. cawneys
  4. cawnie
  5. cawnies
  6. Cawnpore
  7. CAWNs
  8. cawny
  9. Cawongan
  10. Cawongla
  11. Cawood

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