Gauhati

American  

[gou-hah-tee] / gaʊˈhɑ ti /

noun

1. a city in W Assam, in E India, on the Brahmaputra River.

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Gauhati British  

/ ɡaʊˈhɑːtɪ /

noun

1. a city in NE India, in Assam on the River Brahmaputra: centre of British administration in Assam (1826–74). Pop: 808 021 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Police prevented the party’s efforts to hold similar marches in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, Gauhati, and some other cities, detaining party members and taking them away in buses and other vehicles.

From Seattle Times

Flooding also continued to ravage India’s northeastern Assam where two policemen engaged in rescue operations were washed away by floodwaters Sunday, an official in the state capital Gauhati said.

From Washington Times

“We expect moderate to heavy rainfall in several parts of Assam till Sunday. The volume of rainfall has been unprecedented,” said Sanjay O’Neil, an official at the meteorological station in Gauhati, Assam’s capital.

From Washington Times

The train was on its way to Gauhati, the capital of Assam state, from Bikaner, a city in Rajasthan state, when the accident occurred in Jalpaiguri district.

From Seattle Times

The personal belongings of cremated COVID-19 victims lie strewn around the grounds of the Ulubari cremation ground in Gauhati, the biggest city in India’s remote northeast.

From Seattle Times