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Gangtok

American  
[guhng-tok] / ˈgʌŋˈtɒk /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Sikkim, in the S part.


Gangtok British  
/ ˈɡʌŋtɒk /

noun

  1. a town in NE India: capital of Sikkim state. Pop: 29 162 (2001)

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On the way to Gangtok, Sikkim's capital, an elderly woman was seen digging through a heap of mud.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023

Dhungel told Reuters that petrol and diesel had become scarce in the state capital Gangtok but food was readily available.

From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023

One recent morning, she was cradling her 6-month-old daughter, singing a lullaby to her in the Nepali language at her house in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim.

From New York Times ● May 29, 2023

India monitors seismic activity from stations in the Himalayan foothills in northern India in the towns of Gangtok, Dehradun and Shimla and others in Shillong and Guwahati in northeastern India.

From Washington Times ● May 1, 2015

Lord Ronaldshay was unfortunately away on tour on his way to Bhutan, and as he had travelled via Gangtok, we had missed seeing him on the way.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

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