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Delhi

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of north-central India on the Yamuna River. Important since ancient times, the old city was rebuilt by Shah Jahan in the 1600s with high stone walls enclosing the Red Fort that contained the imperial Mughal palace. The new part of Delhi became the capital of British India in 1911 and of independent India in 1947.

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  • proper noun National capital territory and old city in northern India in which the country’s capital New Delhi is located.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a city in north central India

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hypernyms (3)

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  1. city
  2. metropolis
  3. urban center

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  1. Ellie
  2. Kelley
  3. Kelli
  4. Kellie
  5. Kelly
  6. Machiavelli
  7. Mellie
  8. Nellie
  9. Nelly
  10. Shelley
  11. Shelly
  12. Torricelli
  13. allele
  14. belly
  15. celli
  16. deli
  17. jelly
  18. melley
  19. nelly
  20. saltarelli
  21. shelly
  22. skelly
  23. smelly
  24. tele
  25. telly

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