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My⋅sore

[mahy-sawr, -sohr]
–noun
1. a city in S Karnataka, in S India. 355,636.
2. former name of Karnataka.

Kar⋅na⋅ta⋅ka

[kahr-naht-uh-kuh]
–noun
a state in S India. 29,224,046; 74,326 sq. mi. (192,504 sq. km). Capital: Bangalore.
Formerly, Mysore.
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My·sore   (mī-sôr', -sōr')   
A city of southern India southwest of Bangalore. Inhabited before the 3rd century B.C., it was the center of a Muslim state after the late 16th century and was occupied by the British in 1831. Today it is an important industrial city. Population: 742,000.
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