Definitions
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- proper noun Former name of
Chennai , the state capital ofTamil Nadu ,India . - noun UK A style of
curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
Etymologies
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Examples
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MADRAS, _January 21st_: We arrived at Madras early on the morning of
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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We are unable to say when the first private school in Madras was started; but an advertisement in one of the issues of the _Madras
The Story of Madras Glyn Barlow
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Mountain View @ MADRAS 7: 00pm - Madras is a tough place to play and the White Buffaloes are playing well.
Bend Blogs Josh Cordell 2010
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Mountain View @ MADRAS 7: 00pm - Madras is a tough place to play and the White Buffaloes are playing well.
Bend Blogs Josh Cordell 2010
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Mountain View @ MADRAS 7: 00pm - Madras is a tough place to play and the White Buffaloes are playing well.
Bend Blogs Josh Cordell 2010
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Mountain View @ MADRAS 7: 00pm - Madras is a tough place to play and the White Buffaloes are playing well.
Bend Blogs Josh Cordell 2010
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MADRAS -- A 42-year old man died this morning after losing control of his pickup, which flipped upside down and landed on its roof in a river about 30 miles west of Madras along U.S.
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Patchwork Madras is basically madras fabric cut into cut into strips, and then sewn together to form patches of squares of 3,4,5,6 inches size.
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There are these narrow streets in Madras, a south Indian city, and we have some relatives who live in those little alleys and streets.
A House on Wheels : Anita Rau Badami talks about her novel Tamarind Woman 2010
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Madras is a major city in India (they officially changed their name to Chennai in 1996, but it is still commonly known to many people as Madras). —
How to Rig an Election? Ask the Author - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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