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Howrah

American  
[hou-rah] / ˈhaʊ rɑ /
Also Haora

noun

  1. a city in W Bengal, in E India, on the Hooghly River opposite Calcutta.


Howrah British  
/ ˈhaʊrə /

noun

  1. an industrial city in E India, in West Bengal on the Hooghly River opposite Kolkata (Calcutta). Pop: 1 008 704 (2001)

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The city has other landmarks - the steel Howrah bridge, the white-domed Victoria Memorial monument, the colonial buildings in the city’s centre.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024

Also traveling in the Howrah Yeshvantpur Express was Kaushida Das, around 55 years old.

From Reuters • Jun. 3, 2023

The collision involved two trains, the Coromandel Express traveling from Howrah in West Bengal state to Chennai in Tamil Nadu state and the Howrah Superfast Express traveling from Bengaluru in Karnataka to Howrah, officials said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2023

The Press Trust of India news agency said the derailed Coromandel Express was traveling from Howrah in West Bengal state to Chennai, the capital of southern Tamil Nadu state.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023

As if this weren’t enough, the next morning, a taxi bound for Howrah Station crammed its wheels into the alley; the Dalals were going to Simla for ten days.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri