Lahore
Americannoun
noun
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a city in NE Pakistan: capital of the former province of West Pakistan (1955–70); University of the Punjab (1882). Pop: 6 373 000 (2005 est)
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a variety of large domestic fancy pigeon having a black-and-white plumage
Example Sentences
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LAHORE, Pakistan — Election officials in Pakistan rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday as a candidate in the country’s February parliamentary election.
From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2023
LAHORE, Pakistan — Before Shahid Zaidi was born, before his home was an independent country, his father opened a portrait studio and captured the nation’s emerging history.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2021
LAHORE, Pakistan — Precinct 120 is a small pocket of a sprawling city, with less than 340,000 voters amid a hodgepodge of slums, shrines and stately monuments.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2017
LAHORE, Pakistan — For the past 27 years, Pakistan has observed Feb. 5 as national Kashmir Solidarity Day.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2017
Against this wall stood a large discarded scene from the ROI DE LAHORE.
From The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston
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