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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ut•tar Pra•desh (ŏŏt′ər prə dāsh′, -desh′),USA pronunciation - Place Namesa state in N India: a former province of British India. 97,380,000;
113,409 sq. mi. (293,730 sq. km). Cap.: Lucknow. Formerly, United Provinces. Former official name, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Uttar Pradesh /ˈʊtə ˈprɑːdɛʃ/ n - a state of N India: the most populous state; originated in 1877 with the merging of Agra and Oudh as the United Provinces; augmented by the states of Rampur, Benares, and Tehri-Garhwal in 1949; the N Himalayan region passed to the new state of Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) in 2000; now consists mostly of the Upper Ganges plain; agricultural. Capital: Lucknow. Pop: 166 052 859 (2001). Area: 243 350 sq km (93 933 sq miles)
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