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allahabad
/əˈlɑhəˌbɑd/
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What does allahabad mean?
proper noun
- Former name of Prayagraj, a city and its encompassing district in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈlɑhəˌbɑd/
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“No. There’s still a matter of fifty miles to be laid from here to Allahabad, where the line begins again.”
Next he visits Allahabad, where the same fortune attends him, though his balloon flies away in a temporary escape into the Jumna.
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There is nothing pretty about an Indian village—a mud one—and I do not remember that we saw any but mud ones on that long flight to Allahabad.
They go up and down the rivers in their own boats, pretending to be travellers of consequence, or pilgrims, proceeding to, or returning from Benares, Allahabad, or other sacred places.