Andhra Pradesh

American  

[ahn-druh pruh-deysh] / ˈɑn drə prəˈdeɪʃ /

noun

1. a state in SE India, formed from portions of Chennai and Hyderabad states 1956. 105,963 sq. mi. (274,444 sq. km). Hyderabad.

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Andhra Pradesh British  

/ ˈændrə prɑːˈdɛʃ /

noun

1. a state of SE India, on the Bay of Bengal: formed in 1953 from parts of Tamil Nadu (then called Madras) and Hyderabad states. Capital: Hyderabad. Pop: 75 727 541 (2001). Area: about 275 068 sq km (106 204 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The 43-year-old, Stanford-educated minister is the son of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who helped turn Hyderabad into a major technology hub that is dubbed "Cyberabad".

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Sitharaman announced that dedicated corridors will be set up for rare earth minerals in four states, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh in the south and Odisha in the east.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

American retailers like Costco and Walmart used to make up 90% of sales for Indian shrimpers like T. Valsaraj in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

By 2024, pledges of women-focused cash transfers helped deliver victories to political parties in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Odisha, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

If Andhra Pradesh, just north of us, was alien, if Sri Lanka, a monkey’s hop across a strait, was the dark side of the moon, imagine what Canada was.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel