Seringapatam

[ suh-ring-guh-puh-tam ]

noun

1. a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.

Seringapatam

/ səˌrɪŋɡəpəˈtæm /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Afterwards he assumes a disguise, enters Seringapatam, and at last he discovers his father in the great stronghold of Savandroog.

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Both the caterpillar and the plant are found in the jungle in the neighbourhood of Seringapatam.

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Rarotonga was, in fact, discovered by the ship Seringapatam in 1814, though Williams may have been the first to land.

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From 1799 to 1815, his career had been one continual string of victoriesfrom Seringapatam to the Field of Waterloo.

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A decisive action took place about the 6th of January, at a village near Seringapatam.

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