Secunderabad

American

[suh-kuhn-der-uh-bad] / səˈkʌn dər əˌbæd /

noun

a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.

Secunderabad British

/ səˈkʌndərəˌbæd, -ˌbɑːd /

noun

a former town in S central India, in N Andra Pradesh: one of the largest British military stations in India: now part of Hyderabad city

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The latest fire broke out late on Monday in a hotel basement housing the showroom with some two dozen electric scooters in the southern city of Secunderabad, police said.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2022

Watsa was born in Secunderabad, in southeastern India, in 1950.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 3, 2013

Many Christians - like these worshippers in the Indian city of Secunderabad - shape their palms to form crosses, recalling Christ's execution which is marked next Thursday.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2011

A year after Sime took his picture, his parents arranged for their son to join them for his summer holidays at their army quarters in Trimulgherry near Secunderabad.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2010

There is another rock with a similar name near Secunderabad; but the resemblance in that case is not so striking.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)

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