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Andhra Pradesh

American  
[ahn-druh pruh-deysh] / ˈɑn drə prəˈdeɪʃ /

noun

  1. a state in SE India, formed from portions of Chennai and Hyderabad states 1956. 105,963 sq. mi. (274,444 sq. km). Hyderabad.


Andhra Pradesh British  
/ ˈændrə prɑːˈdɛʃ /

noun

  1. a state of SE India, on the Bay of Bengal: formed in 1953 from parts of Tamil Nadu (then called Madras) and Hyderabad states. Capital: Hyderabad. Pop: 75 727 541 (2001). Area: about 275 068 sq km (106 204 sq miles)

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The Andhra Pradesh state government is giving Google a 25% discount for 10 years on the cost of any water it uses, along with a 25% discount on the land.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The problems in the case in Andhra Pradesh arose in August last year when a junior civil judge in the trial court in Vijaywada city passed an order in a case about a disputed property.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

The 43-year-old, Stanford-educated minister is the son of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who helped turn Hyderabad into a major technology hub that is dubbed "Cyberabad".

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

American retailers like Costco and Walmart used to make up 90% of sales for Indian shrimpers like T. Valsaraj in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

If Andhra Pradesh, just north of us, was alien, if Sri Lanka, a monkey’s hop across a strait, was the dark side of the moon, imagine what Canada was.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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