Meerut

American  

[meer-uht] / ˈmɪər ət /

noun

1. a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.

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Meerut British  

/ ˈmɪərət /

noun

1. an industrial city in N India, in W Uttar Pradesh: founded as a military base by the British in 1806 and scene of the first uprising (1857) of the Indian Mutiny. Pop: 1 074 229 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Lewis Blondrage, 25, of Aliwal Barracks, crashed into a telegraph pole in Meerut Road, Tidworth, on 19 November.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

Rashim came to Seelampur from Meerut, a city outside of Delhi, in 2011.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2022

Akhilesh Singh, the police superintendent of the Meerut City zone, said police had not destroyed any cameras and that all of the victims were involved in what he called rioting.

From Reuters • Dec. 26, 2019

On a good day, the Al-Saqib slaughterhouse in Meerut, a city in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, can butcher 600 buffalo—more than one every minute.

From Time • Oct. 5, 2017

There was a letter of importance to be taken to the officer in command at Meerut; there was no one at hand who could take it, and they were obliged to entrust it to me.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.