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Durgapur

American  
[door-guh-poor] / ˈdʊər gəˌpʊər /

noun

  1. a city in S West Bengal State, NE India.

Durgapur British  
/ ˈdɜːɡəˌpʊə /

noun

  1. a city in NE India, in West Bengal: heavy industry, including steelworks. Pop: 492 996 (2001)

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At last Dutt won a contract to build the $28 million Durgapur steam power plant in West Bengal.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Durgapur in West Bengal, 400 British experts are supervising 29,000 Indians in building a mill that will begin operation next fall.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the Durgapur job, Kuljian Corp. of India was on its way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once on a train to Durgapur to visit an uncle, a couple had been bold enough to ask her parents if she was engaged; they had a son doing his surgical residency in Michigan.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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