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Kanpur

[ kahn-poor ]
/ ˈkɑn pʊər /
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noun
a city in southern Uttar Pradesh, in north India, on the Ganges River.
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Formerly Cawn·pore [kawn-pawr, -pohr], /ˈkɔnˈpɔr, -ˈpoʊr/, Cawn·pur [kawn-poor] /ˈkɔnˈpʊər/ .

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Kanpur
/ (kɑːnˈpʊə) /
noun
an industrial city in NE India, in S Uttar Pradesh on the River Ganges: scene of the massacre by Nana Sahib of British soldiers and European families and his later defeat by British forces in 1857. Pop: 2 532 138 (2001)Former name: Cawnpore
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