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Aligarh

American  
[ah-lee-guhr, al-uh-gahr] / ˈɑ liˌgʌr, ˈæl əˌgɑr /

noun

  1. a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.


Aligarh British  
/ ˌɑːlɪˈɡɜː, ˌælɪ- /

noun

  1. a city in N India, in W Uttar Pradesh, with a famous Muslim university (1920). Pop: 667 732 (2001)

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"Many conventional quantum dots are toxic, because they're derived from heavy metals," explains Md Palashuddin Sk, an assistant professor of chemistry at Aligarh Muslim University in India.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

Eventually, Salam Pahalwan returned to Aligarh while Banu stayed on in Kalyan.

From BBC • May 25, 2023

Sewa has also showed off its oxygen concentrator donations to Aligarh Muslim University, as well as mass equipment supplies throughout India, in both its public communications and in an email sent to me.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2021

The strains of Hindi carols have rung out in the Aligarh Church of Ascension every Christmas since 1858.

From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2017

Several servants were mounted on all the available horses and ponies, and Mr. Mayne and Winifred had gone down the Grand Trunk Road towards Bulandshahr and Aligarh.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis