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Vellore

[ vuh-lawr, ‑-lohr ]

noun

  1. a city in N Tamil Nadu state in S India, on the Palar River.


Vellore

/ vəˈlɔː /

noun

  1. a town in SE India, in NE Tamil Nadu: medical centre. Pop: 177 413 (2001)


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Proceeding northward through Vellore, he there divided his force into four bodies.

On the day after leaving Vellore, the general sent an orderly to request the Rajah and his nephew to ride with him.

Under cover of the fire, Riza Sahib had raised the siege, and retired with his army to Vellore.

Pillars stood about me, wonderful with horses ramping forward as in the Siva Temple at Vellore.

Ambūr and Vellore are mentioned as the sites of two of these.

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