Patna

[ puht-nuh, pat‑, puht-nah ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.

Patna

/ ˈpætnə /

noun

1. a city in NE India, capital of Bihar state, on the River Ganges: founded in the 5th century bc ; university (1917); centre of a rice-growing region. Pop: 1 376 950 (2001)

Example Sentences

Patna is a place of great importance, from the trade in opium, by which many of the natives acquire large fortunes.

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There was only one white regiment in the 400 miles between Barrackpore and Patna.

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To the cession of its rather imposing fort was immediately ascribed the massacre of our countrymen at Patna, as already mentioned.

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Mir Jafar was anxious to buy off the shahzada, who had already invested Patna.

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Clive had left behind him no system of government, but merely the tradition that unlimited sums of money Massacre of Patna.

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