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Ahmedabad

American  
[ah-muhd-ah-bahd] / ˌɑ məd ɑˈbɑd /
Or Ahmadabad

noun

  1. a city in E Gujarat, in W India, N of Mumbai: a former state capital.


Ahmedabad British  
/ ˈɑːmədəˌbɑːd /

noun

  1. a city in W India, in Gujarat: famous for its mosque. Pop: 3 515 361 (2001)

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They moved from Surat, a diamond and textile hub, to Ahmedabad, Gujarat's largest city, so Kahaan could attend a better school and prepare seriously.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Ahmedabad in the west of India is set to host the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The tragedy took place on 12 June 2025, when an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner en route to London crashed seconds after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport in western India.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

"It pains us when we hear an aeroplane flying overhead," Patni said, adding that their home was near the flight path of the airport in Ahmedabad, the main city in the state of Gujarat.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Englishmen were in small favor with his grasping fellow-countrymen, and the two encountered many reverses, until they fell in with an English factor, named Edwards, from Ahmedabad, who asked them to join him in business.

From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy

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