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Gorakhpur

American  
[gawr-uhk-poor, gohr-] / ˈgɔr əkˌpʊər, ˈgoʊr- /

noun

  1. a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in N India.


Gorakhpur British  
/ ˈɡɔːrəkˌpʊə /

noun

  1. a city in N India, in SE Uttar Pradesh: formerly an important Muslim garrison. Pop: 624 570 (2001)

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He ran an unlikely campaign challenging Mr. Adityanath for the Gorakhpur seat, finishing fourth with less than 8,000 votes.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2022

Amrit and Saiyub spoke to a travel agent to help them get two seats on the trains going to Basti or Gorakhpur, the stations closest to their village.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020

The Adityanath government has focused on promoting places such as the ancient city of Varanasi, a Hindu pilgrimage site, and Gorakhpur, where Adityanath is the chief priest of a large temple, critics have said.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2017

That is precisely what Yogi Adityanath attempted to do when he took the stage in Gorakhpur at the weekend, appealing to his boisterous supporters to behave.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2017

I was born in the last decade of the nineteenth century, and passed my first eight years at Gorakhpur.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa