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Aligarh

American  
[ah-lee-guhr, al-uh-gahr] / ˈɑ liˌgʌr, ˈæl əˌgɑr /

noun

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


Aligarh British  
/ ˌɑːlɪˈɡɜː, ˌælɪ- /

noun

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

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"Many conventional quantum dots are toxic, because they're derived from heavy metals," explains Md Palashuddin Sk, an assistant professor of chemistry at Aligarh Muslim University in India.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

A leopard was captured in the northern Indian city of Aligarh after it entered a school and attacked a student.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2021

Sewa has also showed off its oxygen concentrator donations to Aligarh Muslim University, as well as mass equipment supplies throughout India, in both its public communications and in an email sent to me.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2021

I passed an exit sign for Aligarh, a town where I had spent five years at an old public university in the ’90s.

From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2020

The rationalising spirit of Sir Saiyad Ahmad, the founder of the Aligarh College, and the general educational conference for Indian Muhammadans has, through the excellent training given by the College, borne continually increasing fruit.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

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