chowk
Britishnoun
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(often in place names) a marketplace or market area
Vijay Chowk
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a courtyard
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a road junction or roundabout
Etymology
Origin of chowk
from Hindi cauk
Example Sentences
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"We've searched around Red Fort, Chandni Chowk, everywhere but we can't find him"
From BBC
On one side is Chandni Chowk - a busy trading and clothing hub that is busier than usual at this time of the year due to the peak wedding season.
From BBC
“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.
From BBC
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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