Shillong

American  

[shil-lawng] / ʃɪlˈlɔŋ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Meghalaya state, in NE India.

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Shillong British  

/ ʃɪˈlɒŋ /

noun

1. a city in NE India, capital of Meghalaya: situated on the Shillong Plateau at an altitude of 1520 m (4987 ft); destroyed by earthquake in 1897 and rebuilt. Pop: 132 876 (2001)

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Shillong

And somewhere above the foggy hills of Shillong, a young rapper seemed to have understood that long before everyone else did.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

The ancient skill of archery thrives in Shillong, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

Ms. Bala, who now works as a security consultant in the northeastern city of Shillong, welcomed the court’s ruling as a “landmark judgment.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

On 15 April, Dr John L Sailo Ryntathiang, 69, the founder and director of Bethany Hospital in Shillong, become the first doctor in the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya to die of Covid-19.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2020

In November, after a hair-raising, bumpy bus ride to Shillong, amidst rumors of Chinese occupation and India’s impending defeat, Estha and Rahel were born.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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