Dehra Dun

American  

[dey-ruh doon] / ˈdeɪ rə ˈdun /

noun

1. a NW city and capital of Uttarakhand state, in N India.

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Dehra Dun British  

/ ˈdɛərə ˈduːn /

noun

1. a city in N India, the capital of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal): Indian military academy (1932). Pop: 447 808 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Khastagir later moved to Dehra Dun to join a leading school as an art teacher.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2023

He's a college student in the Indian city of Dehra Dun.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2014

She wished to become a doctor, but because money was tight, she chose physiotherapy and enrolled in a school in Dehra Dun, a major city in the north.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2013

When I met him in Dehra Dun, the state's capital, he insisted that all the affected villages near the Tehri Dam would be helped "in due course of time."

From Time • Jul. 13, 2010

But the year was 1852, and the setting was the offices of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the northern hill station of Dehra Dun.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer