Aligarh

[ ah-lee-guhr, al-uh-gahr ]

/ ˈɑ liˌgʌr, ˈæl əˌgɑr /

noun

a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.

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Examples from the Web for aligarh

We came in sight of Aligarh shortly before daybreak on the 5th October.
Forty-one years in India|Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Father, can I not go to the university at Aligarh to learn more of our Faith?
In Kali's Country|Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets
But since the death of Sir Syed the congress idea is growing among the students of Aligarh.
The Old World and Its Ways|William Jennings Bryan
I want to go to our university at Aligarh where I can learn all about our Faith and about everything else, mother.
In Kali's Country|Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets

It is an important station on the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway, with a junction for Aligarh.
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British Dictionary definitions for aligarh

Aligarh

/ (ˌɑːlɪˈɡɜː, ˌælɪ-) /

noun

a city in N India, in W Uttar Pradesh, with a famous Muslim university (1920). Pop: 667 732 (2001)

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