Agra

[ah-gruh]

noun

a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.

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Historical Examples of agra

"Nor raise a smashing loan from the Agra Bank," cried a third.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.
Charles James Lever
Agharia1 (a corruption of Agaria, meaning one who came from Agra).
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India
R. V. Russell
Wisha, Jemmy, agra, there's no knowing what you'll be when you grows up.
My New Curate
P.A. Sheehan
Were you in that affair, when we chased the English dogs from beyond the mountains to Agra?
At the Point of the Bayonet
G. A. Henty
Agra's cantonment avenues and parks are kept in excellent order.
Ranching, Sport and Travel
Thomas Carson

British Dictionary definitions for agra

Agra

noun

a city in N India, in W Uttar Pradesh on the Jumna River: a capital of the Mogul empire until 1658; famous for its Mogul architecture, esp the Taj Mahal. Pop: 1 259 979 (2001)

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