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Lahore

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La·hore  (l-hôr, -hr)
A city of northeast Pakistan near the Indian border southeast of Rawalpindi. The city reached the height of its grandeur as a Mogul capital in the 16th century and retains many splendid architectural examples from that period. Population: 6,310,000.
Lahore [ləˈhɔː]
n
1. (Placename) a city in NE Pakistan: capital of the former province of West Pakistan (1955-70); University of the Punjab (1882). Pop.: 5 063 499 (1998)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a variety of large domestic fancy pigeon having a black-and-white plumage
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Noun1.LahoreLahore - city in northeast Pakistan          
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947


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He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher - the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum.
Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
He seemed half mad and told me that the body of a scene-shifter had been found hanging in the third cellar under the stage, between a farm-house and a scene from the Roi de Lahore.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
(for officers in the army and navy), he returned at the age of seventeen to India, where he first did strenuous editorial work on newspapers in Lahore, in the extreme northwestern part of the country.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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