Allahabad

[ al-uh-huh-bad, ah-luh-hah-bahd ]

noun

1. a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in N India, on the Ganges.

Allahabad

/ ˌæləhəˈbæd; -ˈbɑːd /

noun

1. a city in N India, in SE Uttar Pradesh at the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna Rivers: Hindu pilgrimage centre. Pop: 990 298 (2001)

Example Sentences

On Monday, the Allahabad High Court found Koli innocent in 12 cases in which he had been sentenced to death.

From BBC

Prominent among such efforts is the government’s renaming of the northern city of Allahabad — named by Muslim Mughal rulers centuries ago — to the Sanskrit word “Prayagraj.”

From Seattle Times

A lawyer for the two Marion directors told the state's Allahabad High Court in April that the drugs had been found "not of standard quality" but not adulterated, adding that the directors had not committed any offence in India as the drugs were meant exclusively for export, according to a court order seen by Reuters.

From Reuters

The case files lay forgotten in Mainpuri until 2001 when it was moved to the Firozabad court on orders from the Allahabad high court.

From BBC

Footage from Saturday night shows mafia don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed getting out from the back of a police jeep near a hospital in the city of Prayagraj, also known as Allahabad.

From BBC