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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Shillong

And somewhere above the foggy hills of Shillong, a young rapper seemed to have understood that long before everyone else did.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

When the British occupied India and had a strong presence in Shillong, the betting was done on polo teams, but locals have since adapted the idea to bet on archery results.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

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