Bhopal

[ boh-pahl ]

noun

1. a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh state.
2. a city in and the capital of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India.

Bhopal

/ bəʊˈpɑːl /

noun

1. a city in central India, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and of the former state of Bhopal: site of a poisonous gas leak from a US-owned factory, which killed over 7000 people in 1984 and was implicated in a further 15 000 deaths afterwards. Pop: 1 433 875 (2001)

Example Sentences

Rita, who had a persistent cough and labored breathing, came with the girls to her childhood home, three narrow interconnected houses near one of Bhopal’s several lakes where her mother, an elderly widow, still lives.

From Washington Post

The proposed project will be spread across an area of 364 hectares in the Buxwaha forests, which is about 225 kilometres northeast of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh’s capital city.

From Quartz

One such exceptional solution came from Mohammad Javed Khan, a 34-year-old auto-rickshaw driver in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal.

From Quartz

The next evening, Singh was surprised when his train made an unscheduled stop at a small railway station near Bhopal.

From The Daily Beast

Dost Mohammed Khan appears, indeed, to have been not the only adventurer who bettered his fortunes in Bhopal.

From Project Gutenberg

The city of Bhopal, a railway station, had a population in 1901 of 76,561.

From Project Gutenberg

It sustained several sieges during the 18th century, and passed alternately into the hands of the Bhopal and Nagpur rulers.

From Project Gutenberg

Since then Bhopal has been steadily loyal to the British government, and during the Mutiny it rendered good services.

From Project Gutenberg

The residence of the political agent and the headquarters of the Bhopal battalion are at Sehore, 20 m. west of Bhopal city.

From Project Gutenberg