Pradesh

British

/ prəˈdeɪʃ /

noun

a state, esp a state in the Union of India

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Etymology

Origin of Pradesh

Hindi

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The city's coastline also allows undersea cables to link Visakhapatnam to South Africa and Australia, "positioning Andhra Pradesh as India's third major subsea hub", Smith said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

There are no official figures, but Khan says community records identify about 400 Madari families in Delhi, with hundreds more in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Harshit Godha is the founder of Indo-Israel Avocado Nursery in Bhopal, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

"Bihar dominates in scale. Uttar Pradesh is second and often under-reported," says Pradeep Man Dangol, hydrologist at ICIMOD.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Bowls of rice as big as Uttar Pradesh.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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