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Patna
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Pat·na  (ptn)
A city of northeast India on the Ganges River northwest of Calcutta. It served as Asoka's capital in the 3rd century b.c. and as a Mogul viceregal capital in the 16th century. Population: 1,370,000.
Patna [ˈpætnə]
n
(Placename) 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.: 917 243 (1991)
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