Shillong

American  

[shil-lawng] / ʃɪlˈlɔŋ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Meghalaya state, in NE India.

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Shillong British  

/ ʃɪˈlɒŋ /

noun

1. a city in NE India, capital of Meghalaya: situated on the Shillong Plateau at an altitude of 1520 m (4987 ft); destroyed by earthquake in 1897 and rebuilt. Pop: 132 876 (2001)

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Example Sentences

On an overcast day, the forest, a bumpy 15-mile drive from the state capital of Shillong, was tranquil but for the sound of crickets chirping and raindrops rustling the bright green foliage.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Both chief ministers had attended a meeting chaired by Mr Shah in the city of Shillong on Saturday.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2021

But the industry also benefits from the support of elected officials, some of whom own mines, said Patricia Mukhim, editor of the Shillong Times, a newspaper in the state capital.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2019

“Only God’s grace and some miracle can help them to be alive,” Kyrmen Shylla, Meghalaya’s disaster management minister, told Reuters by telephone from the state capital Shillong.

From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2018

The car in which Baba, their father, was taking Ammu, their mother, to hospital in Shillong to have them, broke down on the winding tea-estate road in Assam.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy