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Madrass

Madrass is the obsolete form of Madras.

Meaning of Madras

Proper noun

Madras

  1. Former name of Chennai: the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.
    Synonyms:
    Chennai
  2. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.

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Questions about Madrass

What is Madrass the obsolete form of?
Madrass is the obsolete form of Madras.

Words near Madrass in the dictionary

  1. madrasahs
  2. madrasas
  3. madrases
  4. Madrasi
  5. Madrasis
  6. Madrass
  7. madrassa
  8. madrassah
  9. madrassahs
  10. madrassas
  11. Madrassi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Madrass (page history and authors); Madras (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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