Allahabad
Americannoun
noun
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Earlier this year, a group of Allahabad High Court lawyers petitioned for more judicial appointments, calling the court "paralysed" by a shortage of judges that leaves cases lingering for years.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025
Prominent among such efforts is the government’s renaming of the northern city of Allahabad — named by Muslim Mughal rulers centuries ago — to the Sanskrit word “Prayagraj.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023
Footage from Saturday night shows mafia don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed getting out from the back of a police jeep near a hospital in the city of Prayagraj, also known as Allahabad.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2023
In 2018 his party changed the name of the city long known as Allahabad to Prayagraj, the name of a Hindu pilgrimage site.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2022
If what people are saying is true, sir, the nearest red-coats are at Allahabad, an’ p’raps they’re hard pressed, too.”
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis
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