Bhopal

American  

[boh-pahl] / boʊˈpɑl /

noun

1. a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh state.

2. a city in and the capital of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India.

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Bhopal British  

/ bəʊˈpɑːl /

noun

1. a city in central India, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and of the former state of Bhopal: site of a poisonous gas leak from a US-owned factory, which killed over 7000 people in 1984 and was implicated in a further 15 000 deaths afterwards. Pop: 1 433 875 (2001)

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Example Sentences

His father had died that previous year, and he looked at the Associated Press’ top stories of that year, like that was the year Bhopal had happened.

From Salon

More than 100 cases of carbide gun-related eye injuries have been reported in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal district alone, with at least 15 requiring surgery.

From BBC

Kavitha Kumar, head of ophthalmology at Hamidia Hospital in Bhopal, says that patients have been coming in with mild, moderate and severe eye injuries.

From BBC

A government official in Bhopal who didn't want to be named told the BBC that calcium carbide is still widely used to artificially ripen fruit despite a federal ban as it contains traces of poisonous substances.

From BBC

Harinarayanachari Mishra, Police Commissioner of Bhopal, told the BBC that carbide guns are also used in northern India during wedding festivities and by farmers to drive away monkeys.

From BBC