Chandigarh
[ chuhn-di-guhr ]
/ ˌtʃʌn dɪˈgʌr /
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noun
a city in and a union territory of India, in the N part: joint capital of Punjab and Haryana states.
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How to use Chandigarh in a sentence
“The environment has such amount of spore, that when you give it a fertile ground, it becomes a problem,” says Arunaloke Chakrabarti, a medical mycologist at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in Chandigarh, India.
How COVID-19 created a perfect storm for a deadly fungal infection in India|Pratik Pawar|June 23, 2021|Science NewsMuch of this growth has come from smaller towns and cities such as Patna, Lucknow, Nagpur, Chandigarh, and Vadodara, the company said.
Stuck at home, Indians are spending big bucks on upgrading their kitchens|Niharika Sharma|October 15, 2020|QuartzWe watch as one Chandigarh table gets hammered down for almost $100,000.
British Dictionary definitions for Chandigarh
Chandigarh
/ (ˌtʃʌndɪˈɡɑː) /
noun
a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
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