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Lyallpur

American  
[lahy-uhl-poor] / ˈlaɪ əlˌpʊər /

noun

  1. a city in NE Pakistan.


Lyallpur British  
/ ˌlaɪəlˈpʊə /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1979) of Faisalabad

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The principal town is Lyallpur, called after Sir J. Broad wood Lyall, lieutenant-governor of the Punjab 1887-1892, which gives its name to a district created in 1904.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

The greater part of the colony is in the new Lyallpur district, which had in 1911 a population of 857,511 souls.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

Lyallpur is divided into the four tahsíls of Lyallpur, Járanwala, Samundrí, and Toba Tek Singh.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

The supply is secured by a great weir built across the Chenáb river at Khánkí in the Gujránwála district, and the irrigation is chiefly in the Gujránwála, Lyallpur, and Jhang districts.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

The trans-Ráví area of the Montgomery district was transferred to Lyallpur in April, 1913.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

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