Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur [gawr-uh k-poo r, gohr-] Examples noun

1. a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in N India.

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In Gorakhpur this spring rite takes the form of hunting and crucifying a monkey on the village boundary.

The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. II (of 2)

W. Crooke

A potent spell to bring rain was reported as actually practised during the Gorakhpur famine of 1873-4.

The Science of Fairy Tales

Edwin Sidney Hartland

His words were the same as those he had used two days before in the Gorakhpur field.

Autobiography of a YOGI

Paramhansa Yogananda

The town, a collection of villages, is on the river Kuana, 40 m. from Gorakhpur by railway.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4

Various

A railway from Gorakhpur to Gonda runs through the district, and the river Gogra is navigable.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4

Various

British Dictionary definitions for gorakhpur Gorakhpur noun

1. a city in N India, in SE Uttar Pradesh: formerly an important Muslim garrison. Pop: 624 570 (2001)

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