chowk

/ tʃaʊk /

noun

1. (often in place names) a marketplace or market area

   Vijay Chowk

2. a courtyard

3. a road junction or roundabout

Word History and Origins

Origin of chowk¹

from Hindi cauk

Example Sentences

“We won’t go back until we have Khan with us,” she declared as the march reached D Chowk, deep in the heart of Islamabad’s government district.

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All eyewitnesses like Samia* can say for certain is that the lights went out suddenly, plunging D Chowk, the square where they had gathered, into blackness.

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Just hours earlier, protesters finally reached D Chowk late afternoon on Tuesday.

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The oldest and busiest market in the city is Chandni Chowk, a sprawling area in densely populated Old Delhi, which will awaken your senses like nowhere else.

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It’s now up to BJP candidate Engineer Aijaz Hussain in Srinagar's Lal Chowk to convince voters of this message.

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