madras
IPA: mˈædrʌs
Root Word: Madras
noun
- Former name of Chennai, the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.
- A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.
- (Britain) A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
- A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
- A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies.
- Alternative form of Madras (“type of curry”) [Former name of Chennai, the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.]
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Examples of "madras" in Sentences
- They are focused on the Madras alone.
- This was the start of the town of Madras.
- Land proprietorship in Madras Presidency.
- This invoked the ire of the Madras press.
- Madras was incorporated as a city in 1911.
- Gopi has the knack of surviving in big town Madras.
- At a meeting in Madras on the necessity of combine harvesters.
- Kamaraj proceeded to Madras promising to hold talks in Madras again.
- At the time of initiation, it was affiliated to University of Madras.
- It is the regimental centre for the Madras regiment of the Indian army.