Srinagar

[ sree-nuhg-er ]

noun

1. a city in and the summer capital of Kashmir, on the Jhelum River.

Srinagar

/ sriːˈnʌɡə /

noun

1. a city in N India, the summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, at an altitude of 1600 m (5250 ft) on the Jhelum River: seat of the University of Jammu and Kashmir (1948). Pop: 894 940 (2001)

Example Sentences

One of the doctors that I spoke to in Srinagar is, he’s a urologist called Omar Saleem Akthar and works at a public hospital in Srinagar—told me that he couldn’t even download the medical guidelines.

From MIT Technology Review

The new uprising in the Kashmiri capital of Srinagar makes it imperative to get back to the back channel and finish the talks.

From The Daily Beast

After Shafi phoned him about the book, Peer drove up to the capital city of Srinagar with a copy of Curfewed Night.

From The Daily Beast

Of late years the greater part of the city has been injured by earthquakes, and Srinagar looks more than ever like a card city.

From Project Gutenberg

The floating gardens are a unique and very pretty characteristic of Srinagar.

From Project Gutenberg

Logs of deodar were floated down the rivers to form bridges or temple pillars in Srinagar, the capital of far Cashmere.

From Project Gutenberg

The boat left the shore at midnight, bearing us rapidly toward Srinagar.

From Project Gutenberg

But before he reached Srinagar the orders for his return were cancelled, and we find him shooting in his old haunts round Kangan.

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