Bhagalpur

American  

[buhg-uhl-poor] / ˈbʌg əlˌpʊər /

noun

1. a city in Bihar, NE India, on the Ganges River.

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Bhagalpur British  

/ ˈbɑːɡəlˌpʊə /

noun

1. a city in India, in Bihar: agriculture, textiles, university (1960). Pop: 340 349 (2001)

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Example Sentences

The bridge was being built over the River Ganges in Bhagalpur district of India's eastern state of Bihar.

From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2023

The Bhagalpur hospital now has 60 ICU beds, but during a recent visit by Reuters, multiple rooms were either locked or empty.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2021

Abinn, “A River,” is given by Klaproth from the language of the inhabitants of the Mountains to the North of Bhagalpur.

From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Johnes, Arthur James

We had returned on the morning of August 23, 1906, from playing a number of matches in Krishnagar, and were to leave Calcutta the same afternoon to play a match the following day at Bhagalpur.

From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)

On the summit of a mountain one hundred and thirty-six miles south of Bhagalpur is one of the principal places of Jain worship in India.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh