Belgaum

[bel-goum]

noun

1. a city in W Karnataka state, in W India.

Belgaum

/ bɛlˈɡaʊm /

noun

1. a city in India, in Karnataka: cotton, furniture, leather. Pop: 399 600 (2001)

Example Sentences

He arrived in India in 1988, a young man seeking work, and has since been winded through cities - Nagpur, Belgaum, Goa, Nasik - before settling in the western metropolis.

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Anthony S Mariappa, a Belgaum forest official who is heading the operation, says this is the first time a leopard had been spotted in Belgaum city, which is why there is a lot of anxiety among people.

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The animal first made headlines on 5 August when it attacked a labourer in the densely populated Belgaum city in northern Karnataka.

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Video showed police in Uttar Pradesh forcing young boys to perform frog jumps for violating curfew, while another video in Belgaum showed officers violently breaking up a crowd inside a mosque.

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At her home in Belgaum, southwest India, Savita's mother described the referendum result as a "victory" on behalf of her late daughter.

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