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  • proper noun The former name of Faisalabad, Pakistan

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  • noun city in northeast Pakistan

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Examples

  • Several towns of considerable size have already grown up; the largest, called Lyallpur, having about

    Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880

  • While the city continued furiously to rage, reports of fresh trouble flowed in from all sides: further terrible details from Amritsar; rumours that the Army and the police were being tampered with and expected to join the mob; serious trouble at Ahmedabad and Lyallpur, where seventy British women and children were herded, in one bungalow, till they could safely be removed.

    Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Maud Diver 1906

  • Imagine that I have merely gone to Lyallpur [the big recruiting-dépôt in India]; think that I have been delayed there by an officer's order, or that I am not yet ready to come back.

    The Eyes of Asia Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Montgomery district was transferred to Lyallpur in April, 1913.

    The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

  • ~Kamália~ (~Lyallpur~), 30·4 N. -- 72·4 E. Population 8237.

    The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

  • Lyallpur is a well-equipped institution, which at present attracts few pupils, but may play a very useful rôle in the future.

    The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

  • Lyallpur is divided into the four _tahsíls_ of Lyallpur, Járanwala,

    The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

  • After reaching the Siálkot border the Ráví parts that district first from Gurdáspur and then from Amritsar, and, passing through the west of Lahore, divides Montgomery and Lyallpur, and flowing through the north of Multán joins the Chenáb near the Jhang border.

    The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

  • The northern ribs of the Aravallí series disappear beneath alluvial cover in the Delhi district, but the rocks still underlie the plains to the west and north-west, their presence being revealed by the small promontories that peep through the alluvium near the Chenáb river, standing up as small hills near Chiniot in the Sháhpur, Jhang, and Lyallpur districts.

    The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

  • The ~Lyallpur district~ occupies most of the Sándal Bár, which a quarter of a century ago was a desert producing scrub jungle and, if rains were favourable, excellent grass.

    The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

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