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Chil Minar

Chil Minar is the alternative spelling of Chilminar.

Meaning of Chilminar

Proper noun

Chilminar

  1. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins.
    • CHILMINAR, Chelminar, or Tchelminar, the moſt beautiful piece of architecture remaining of all antiquity, being the ruins of the famous palace of Perſepolis, to which Alexander the Great, in a drunken fit, ſet fire, at the inſtigation of Thais the courtezan...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183
    Synonyms:
    Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins

Questions about Chil Minar

What is Chil Minar the alternative spelling of?
Chil Minar is the alternative spelling of Chilminar.

Words near Chil Minar in the dictionary

  1. chikungunya
  2. chikus
  3. Chikusei
  4. Chikushino
  5. chikuwa
  6. Chil Minar
  7. chil'ren
  8. chilaca
  9. chilacas
  10. chilacayote
  11. chilacayotes

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