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Belgaum

American  
[bel-goum] / bɛlˈgaʊm /

noun

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


Belgaum British  
/ bɛlˈɡaʊm /

noun

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

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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.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2025

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

From BBC May 28, 2018

However, stillbirth rates fell from 30 per 1,000 babies to 23 per 1,000 after the training, Dr. Shivaprasad Goudar from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Belgaum, Karnataka and colleagues found.

From Reuters Jan. 21, 2013

Praveen took his wife’s body to Belgaum in India for burial, in a funeral ceremony that attracted nearly a thousand friends and family.

From Time Dec. 20, 2012

In Belgaum, between 1840 and 1880, he tells us that no fewer than 223 bears were killed.

From Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Elliot, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

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