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madras
/ˈmædɹəs/
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What does madras mean?
noun
- A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
- A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies.
- Alternative form of Madras (“type of curry”).
More meanings (3)
noun
- A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
proper noun
- Former name of Chennai: the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.
- A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmædɹəs/
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Inside she could see polished floors, walls freshly papered in low-toned harmonious colours, straw rugs and madras curtains.
While in the Madras Native Infantry, he returned home on furlough, owing to ill-health, and afterwards relinquished this connection.
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The so-called "jungle-cock" in a "Jock Scott" fly is furnished by a bird found, I believe, only round Madras.
After many signal successes, and equally signal losses, they at last lost Madras, at that time their principal settlement in India.
He has mentioned a case in which a large catfish jumped into the mouth of a Madras bheestie.