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Cuttack

American  
[kuht-uhk] / ˈkʌt ək /

noun

  1. a city in E Odisha, in NE India.


Cuttack British  
/ kʌˈtæk /

noun

  1. a city in NE India, in E Odisha (formerly Orissa) near the mouth of the Mahanadi River: former state capital until 1948. Pop: 535 139 (2001)

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The woman was travelling from the state capital, Bhubaneswar, to its twin city Cuttack, with a journalist friend and her driver when their car was intercepted by three men travelling on a scooter.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2021

Mr Sarangi, who's the police commissioner for the state capital, Bhubaneswar, and its twin city Cuttack, reopened the case and gave it a code name - "Operation Silent Viper".

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2021

The board, based in Mumbai, operates from eight other cities representing the major linguistic centers: New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati and Cuttack.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2012

His worshipful believers included many rich people from Cuttack and a maharaja or two.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the Marāthas established themselves at Nāgpur in the eighteenth century some of the Panwārs took military service under them and accompanied a general of the Bhonsla ruling family on an expedition to Cuttack.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

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