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Bahawalpur

American  
[buh-hah-wuhl-poor, bah-wuhl-] / bəˈhɑ wəlˌpʊər, ˈbɑ wəl- /

noun

  1. a state in E Pakistan. 32,443 sq. mi. (83,000 sq. km).

  2. the capital of this state.


Bahawalpur British  
/ ˌbæhəˈwɒlpə /

noun

  1. an industrial city in Pakistan: cotton, soap. Pop: 563 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In Bahawalpur on Wednesday, crowds were mourning those killed in the strikes overnight in funeral processions through the streets.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

The projects are for the cities of Rawalpindi and Bahawalpur, and the loan is part of a total of $10 billion which donors pledged to Pakistan to help it recover from last year's devastating floods.

From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2023

Since Aug. 1, rescuers have evacuated over 100,000 people from marooned areas in the districts of Kasur and Bahawalpur.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

When an Indian monkey was spotted roaming around Bahawalpur, Pakistan, in 2011, officials were dispatched to wrangle the animal.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

The same spirit induced him to tolerate a war of succession in Bahawalpur, so long as the contending candidates did not violate British territory.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

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