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Definition of Mysore

1. Noun. A city in southern India to the southwest of Bangalore.

Definition of Mysore

1. Proper noun. A large city in India, in the state of Karnataka. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mysore

Literary usage of Mysore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1891)
"47, Parts of Districts Kadur, Hassan and Tumkur (Mysore). Season 1880-81. No. ... 50, Parts of Districts Hassan and Mysore. Season 1883-84. No. ..."

2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"In 1883-84, the total number of schools of all classes in Mysore was 937 State schools, ... Maternity hospitals have been opened at Mysore and Bangalore. ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"Mysore, a semi-independent native state in the S. of India, ... Mysore is mentioned in the Hindoo mythological writings; but the earliest authentic history ..."

4. The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India by Alfred Comyn Lyall (1894)
"The Nizam and the Peshwa both consented, nevertheless, to join the league against Mysore; and the Mysore Sultan was required in reasonable terms to disarm ..."

5. The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India by Alfred Comyn Lyall (1894)
"The Nizam and the Peshwa both consented, nevertheless, to join the league against Mysore; and the Mysore Sultan was required in reasonable terms to disarm ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1906)
"On March 5 the British troops entered Mysore; and after a series of defeats, Tipu was unable to prevent the investment of Seringapatam. ..."

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