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Shahjahanabad

Shahjahanabad proper noun: synonym of Old Delhi.

Proper noun

Shahjahanabad

  1. (historical) Synonym of Old Delhi.
    • Shahjahanabad is a unique mixture of beauty and squalor, of memories of past greatness and evidence of present decay.[…]The task before us is to renew the essential character of Shahjahanabad while making it a healthy and wholesome urban area for its more than four lakh inhabitants.[…]At present we...1976, Seminar on Redevelopment of Shahjahanabad, Redevelopment of Shahjahanabad, the Walled City of Delhi: Resume of the Seminar: Report and Selected Papers, Town and Country Planning Organisation...
    • Built by the Mogul Shah Jahan (Emperor of the World), who also built the Taj, it was called Shahjahanabad when completed in the 17th century. Today it is called the walled city or simply Old Delhi.1983 November 20, William K. Stevens, “Eight Historic Capital Cities”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2018
    Synonyms:
    Old Delhi

Synonyms of Shahjahanabad

Origin of Shahjahanabad

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاهجهانآباد (šāhjahānābād, literally “City of the King of the World”). Named after Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I (1592–1666), who had it built.

Questions about Shahjahanabad

What does Shahjahanabad mean?
Shahjahanabad means synonym of Old Delhi.
What part of speech is Shahjahanabad?
Shahjahanabad is a proper noun.

Words near Shahjahanabad in the dictionary

  1. shahin
  2. shahins
  3. Shahinshah
  4. shahis
  5. shahiv
  6. Shahjahanabad
  7. Shahjahanpur
  8. Shahkulu
  9. Shahla
  10. Shahmukhi
  11. shahnai

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