Dehra Dun

[ dey-ruh doon ]

noun

1. a NW city and capital of Uttarakhand state, in N India.

Dehra Dun

/ ˈdɛərə ˈduːn /

noun

1. a city in N India, the capital of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal): Indian military academy (1932). Pop: 447 808 (2001)

Example Sentences

Khastagir later moved to Dehra Dun to join a leading school as an art teacher.

From BBC

Born in 1949, Agarwal was a middle-class boy from the town of Dehra Dun - only much taller than his peers.

From BBC

But the year was 1852, and the setting was the offices of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the northern hill station of Dehra Dun.

From Literature

He's a college student in the Indian city of Dehra Dun.

From BBC

She wished to become a doctor, but because money was tight, she chose physiotherapy and enrolled in a school in Dehra Dun, a major city in the north.

From New York Times