Howrah

Also Hao·ra

[hou-rah]

noun

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

Howrah

/ ˈhaʊrə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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Shortly after sunset, at about 6:55 pm IST on June 2, Coromandel Express and Howrah Superfast Express were moving on parallel tracks in opposite directions, with neither of them scheduled to stop at the station.

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A couple of the coaches jumped the tracks and fell towards the right, hitting the last two coaches of the Howrah Express which had nearly crossed the site in the opposite direction.

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Travel involves changing trains in the city of Howrah, which is where they boarded the ill-fated train.

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Another train travelling in the opposite direction - the Howrah Superfast Express travelling from Yesvantpur to Howrah - collided with derailed carriages.

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