Seringapatam
a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
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Afterwards he assumes a disguise, enters Seringapatam, and at last he discovers his father in the great stronghold of Savandroog.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyBoth the caterpillar and the plant are found in the jungle in the neighbourhood of Seringapatam.
The Evolution of Culture | Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-RiversRarotonga was, in fact, discovered by the ship Seringapatam in 1814, though Williams may have been the first to land.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward EdwardsFrom 1799 to 1815, his career had been one continual string of victoriesfrom Seringapatam to the Field of Waterloo.
A decisive action took place about the 6th of January, at a village near Seringapatam.
Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third, Volume 2 (of 2) | The Duke of Buckingham
British Dictionary definitions for Seringapatam
/ (səˌrɪŋɡəpəˈtæm) /
a small town in S India, in Karnataka on Seringapatam Island in the Cauvery River: capital of Mysore from 1610 to 1799, when it was besieged and captured by the British. Pop: 23 448 (2001)
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