city in N India, on the Ganges, in Uttar Pradesh: pop. 1,639,000
See Kanpur in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(känˈpo͝or) also Cawn·pore(kônˈpôrˌ, -pōrˌ)
A city of northern India on the Ganges River southeast of Delhi. The entire British garrison, including women and children, were massacred during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Population: 2,530,000.