Mysore
Britishnoun
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a city in S India, in S Karnataka state: former capital of the state of Mysore; manufacturing and trading centre; university (1916). Pop: 742 261 (2001)
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the former name (until 1973) of Karnataka
Example Sentences
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Once part of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore, it was known as "garden city" or a "pensioner's paradise".
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
The other - also an adult male - lives in Mysore zoo in the southern state of Karnataka.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
Years later, after Mysore falls to the British, Abbas must steal back the artifact from a country estate.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023
Constructed for Tipu Sultan, who ruled the Kingdom of Mysore in India, the wooden machine represented the monarch’s hatred for the British East India Company.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023
But he had heard it only once, while on a working visit to the Mysore Zoo, in their animal hospital, from a young male being treated for pneumonia.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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