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  • noun a city in north central India

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Examples

  • The staring was much worse in Old Delhi, which is weird because it was also where we saw the most tourists.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • The crowded, narrow lanes of the neighborhood surrounding the shrine are only a warm-up for a visit to Shahjahanabad, the walled city built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century and now usually called Old Delhi, though it is by no means the oldest part of the city.

    NYT > Travel 2009

  • The crowded, narrow lanes of the neighborhood surrounding the shrine are only a warm-up for a visit to Shahjahanabad, the walled city built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century and now usually called Old Delhi, though it is by no means the oldest part of the city.

    NYT > Travel 2009

  • Finally we drove through Old Delhi which is completely different from New Delhi.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

  • Sajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A street performer balanced herself on a rope during a street show in Old Delhi, Sunday.

    India in Pictures 2011

  • Two gunmen shot and injured two tourists as they boarded a tourist bus on Sunday morning while visiting a historic mosque in Old Delhi.

    Digest 2010

  • Two gunmen shot and injured two tourists as they boarded a tourist bus on Sunday morning while visiting a historic mosque in Old Delhi.

    Digest 2010

  • Bloomberg News A customer checks the quality of sugar at a wholesale market in Old Delhi in New Delhi, India, in the fall.

    India Resumes Sugar Futures Trading Debiprasad Nayak 2010

  • A guide that took me into the maze of streets that is Old Delhi.

    In Search Of India's Red-Tape Factory 2010

  • The shooting occurred around 11: 30 a.m. outside the Jama Masjid, a popular 17th-century landmark in Old Delhi, a lively market area with a labyrinth of pathways.

    Gunmen shoot, injure two tourists in India; manhunt is under way 2010

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