Delhi Definition

dĕlē
proper name
Territory in N India, including the cities of Delhi & New Delhi: 573 sq mi (1,483 sq km)
Webster's New World
City in this territory, on the Jumna River.
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pronoun

National capital territory and old city in northern India in which the country’s capital New Delhi is located.

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A city of north-central India on the Yamuna River. Important since ancient times, the old city was rebuilt by Shah Jahan in the 1600s with high stone walls enclosing the Red Fort that contained the imperial Mughal palace. The new part of Delhi became the capital of British India in 1911 and of independent India in 1947.
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Delhi Sentence Examples

  • During the siege of Delhi another native, said to be an enemy of Bisharat Ali's, informed Hodson that he had turned rebel.

  • In the reign of Akbar the chiefs of Bikanir were esteemed among the most loyal adherents of the Delhi empire, and in 1570 Akbar married a daughter of Kalyan Singh.

  • The Mahrattas bravely encountered him at Panipat near Delhi in 1761, and were decisively defeated.

  • The name of Kutb is preserved in the minar, or pillar of victory, which still stands amid the ruins of ancient Delhi, towering high above all later structures.

  • In 1294 Ala-ud-din Khilji, the third of the great Mahommedan conquerors of India, raised himself to the throne of Delhi by the treacherous assassination of his uncle Feroz II.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEL

Words Ending With

IHILHI

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