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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

Several towns of considerable size have already grown up; the largest, called Lyallpur, having about 10,000 inhabitants.

From Modern India by Curtis, William Eleroy

In six districts, Lahore, Montgomery, Gujránwála, Lyallpur, Hoshyárpur, and Ambála the proportion is between 10 and 20 p.c.

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

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