Patiala
Americannoun
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an important state of the former Punjab States: now part of Punjab in NW India.
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a city in E Punjab, in N India.
noun
Example Sentences
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Palwinder Singh came to America from Patiala, India in 2001, and is one of the 138,000 truck drivers in California.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
She learned that her biological father had died but that her three brothers still lived in the Indian city of Patiala.
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2022
In 2004, a rogue monkey became infamous for terrorizing residents of the city of Patiala, in India's northern Punjab region.
From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021
In the film, Arjun Patiala, actress Sunny Leone reads out the phone number of the character she plays - which happens to belong to 26-year-old Puneet Agarwal.
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2019
I have been asked by Hamilton to send him a double Company of Patiala Sikhs to reinforce the 14th Sikhs.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir
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