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Kolhapur

American  
[koh-luh-poor] / ˈkoʊ ləˌpʊər /

noun

  1. a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.


Kolhapur British  
/ ˌkəʊlhɑːˈpʊə /

noun

  1. a city in W India, in S Maharashtra: university (1963). Pop: 485 183 (2001)

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The earliest records of Kolhapur sandals date back to the 12th Century.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

"We became more active with our demands," said Sonkawade, thumping his palm on the table in his office at Shivaji University, in the west Indian city of Kolhapur, where he now teaches physics.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2021

The Maharashtra city of Kolhapur — which sits at the banks of one of the region’s most important waterways, the Panchganga River — was almost totally submerged, Times of India drone footage shows.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2021

A thirty-two-year-old orthopedic surgeon from a town called Kolhapur, he seemed like any of my surgical colleagues here in Boston, direct, driven, with his photo I.D. swaying on a lanyard around his neck.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018

Only in Kolhapur has a Brahman, qualified to speak with the highest religious authority in the name of Hindu sacred law, been found to have in this respect the courage of his convictions.

From Indian Unrest by Chirol, Valentine, Sir