Indore

[in-dawr]

noun

a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
a city in W Madhya Pradesh, in central India.

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Historical Examples of indore

In Holkar's State of Indore affairs ran in a similar groove.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year
Edwin Emerson
At Indore we found his son, also drawn up, and more pow-wow.
Lord Randolph Churchill
Winston Spencer Churchill
You will obtain a despatch from this office, and will ride to Indore.
Jones of the 64th
F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
Heard him ask for a ticket to Indore, and I scented trouble in the wind.
Caravans By Night
Harry Hervey
Chavigny, whom some silly Secret Service man tracked to Indore—and lost!
Caravans By Night
Harry Hervey

British Dictionary definitions for indore

Indore

noun

a city in central India, in W Madhya Pradesh. Pop: 1 597 441 (2001)
a former state of central India: became part of Madhya Bharat in 1948, which in turn became part of Madhya Pradesh in 1956

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