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Aligarh

American  
[ah-lee-guhr, al-uh-gahr] / ˈɑ liˌgʌr, ˈæl əˌgɑr /

noun

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


Aligarh British  
/ ˌɑːlɪˈɡɜː, ˌælɪ- /

noun

  1. a city in N India, in W Uttar Pradesh, with a famous Muslim university (1920). Pop: 667 732 (2001)

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"Many conventional quantum dots are toxic, because they're derived from heavy metals," explains Md Palashuddin Sk, an assistant professor of chemistry at Aligarh Muslim University in India.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

A leopard was captured in the northern Indian city of Aligarh after it entered a school and attacked a student.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2021

Sewa has also showed off its oxygen concentrator donations to Aligarh Muslim University, as well as mass equipment supplies throughout India, in both its public communications and in an email sent to me.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2021

The strains of Hindi carols have rung out in the Aligarh Church of Ascension every Christmas since 1858.

From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2017

A traditional account of the Famine by an "Old Resident" of Aligarh may not be without interest.

From Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)