Vindhya Pradesh

[ pruh-deysh, -desh ]

/ prəˈdeɪʃ, -ˈdɛʃ /

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noun

a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.

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Words nearby Vindhya Pradesh

vinculum of tendons, vindaloo, vin de pays, vin de table, Vindhya Hills, Vindhya Pradesh, Vindhya Range, vindicable, vindicate, vindication, vindicator

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How to use Vindhya Pradesh in a sentence

In one district alone, Madhya Pradesh, 18.9 percent of males were married before legal age, compared to 12.5 percent of females.
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But it is indeed in Uttar Pradesh that we see the deepest sympathy for this deleterious machismo.
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Andhra Pradesh has 42 parliamentary constituencies; 33 of these elected Congress candidates in the previous election.
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Andhra Pradesh, stretching from central to peninsular India, is larger than New Zealand.
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It was carried out amid the jungles and ravines of the Vindhya Mountains, and in the secluded regions of Bundelkund.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
Mandu is situated on the ridge of the Vindhya Mountains, about two thousand feet above the surface of the sea.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
I am desirous of hearing in detail why it was that Vindhya, made senseless with wrath, suddenly began to increase his bulk.'
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
And all the assembled gods came to Vindhya, the mighty king of mountains, and tried to dissuade him from his course.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
Thus have I, asked by thee, narrated to thee why Vindhya doth not increase in bulk, by reason of the power of Agastya.
Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1|Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

British Dictionary definitions for Vindhya Pradesh

Vindhya Pradesh

/ (ˈvɪndjə) /

noun

a former state of central India: merged with the reorganized Madhya Pradesh in 1956

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