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chowk [tʃaʊk] n (in the Indian subcontinent) 1. (Business / Commerce) (often in place names) a marketplace or market area Vijay Chowk 2. a courtyard 3. a road junction or roundabout [from Hindi cauk] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Once through the massive but rather welcoming walls, the city is a warren of narrow streets that open unexpectedly into little chowks, or squares, from each of which another half-dozen or so passages lead. The scheme takes its form from the traditional tenement, Illuminated and ventilated by chowks, light wells penetrating the mass of the building. He installed this image in one of the nine Chowks of his darbar. |
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