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Cawn⋅pore

  [kawn-pawr, -pohr]
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–noun
former name of Kanpur.
Also, Cawn⋅pur  [kawn-poor] .

Kan⋅pur

  [kahn-poor]
–noun
a city in S Uttar Pradesh, in N India, on the Ganges River. 1,275,242.
Formerly, Cawnpore, Cawnpur.
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Cawn·pore   (kôn'pôr', -pōr')   
See Kanpur.
Kan·pur   (kän'pŏŏr)   
A city of northern India on the Ganges River southeast of Delhi. The entire British garrison, including women and children, were massacred during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Population: 2,530,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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