Bangaluru

or Ban·ga·loo·ru

[ bang-guh-loo-roo ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Karnataka, in SW India.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bangaluru¹

First recorded in 1850–55; from Kannada Bengalūru, a city established by Kempe Gowda I (1510-69) as the capital of his kingdom

Example Sentences

Hanumantharayappa, of Bangaluru, who according to the New York Times was in town for just a few days when the bombs went off.

From Washington Post

"We hope to get initiatives like this all over the subcontinent, and they could all join together, and that would put pressure on the national governments to make the drug bans more effective," says Chris Bowden, the Bangaluru, India-based program manager for Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction, a consortium of conservation groups and government agencies.

From Science Magazine

The Yorkshireman, who turned 26 on Monday, took five wickets and scored 14 vital runs as England chased down 338 in Bangaluru, but hit his stumps with his bat after being bowled by Piyush Chawla with the last ball of the 48th over.

From The Guardian