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Durgapur

American  
[door-guh-poor] / ˈdʊər gəˌpʊər /

noun

  1. a city in S West Bengal State, NE India.

Durgapur British  
/ ˈdɜːɡəˌpʊə /

noun

  1. a city in NE India, in West Bengal: heavy industry, including steelworks. Pop: 492 996 (2001)

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At last Dutt won a contract to build the $28 million Durgapur steam power plant in West Bengal.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the Durgapur job, Kuljian Corp. of India was on its way.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Durgapur in West Bengal, 400 British experts are supervising 29,000 Indians in building a mill that will begin operation next fall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once on a train to Durgapur to visit an uncle, a couple had been bold enough to ask her parents if she was engaged; they had a son doing his surgical residency in Michigan.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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