Bhopal

[ boh-pahl ]
/ boʊˈpɑl /

noun

a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh state.
a city in and the capital of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India.

Definition for bhopal (2 of 2)

Madhya Pradesh
[ muhd-yuh-pruh-deysh, prah-desh ]
/ ˈmʌd yə prəˈdeɪʃ, ˈprɑ dɛʃ /

noun

a state in central India. 119,016 sq. mi. (308,252 sq. km). Capital: Bhopal.

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British Dictionary definitions for bhopal (1 of 2)

Bhopal
/ (bəʊˈpɑːl) /

noun

a city in central India, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and of the former state of Bhopal: site of a poisonous gas leak from a US-owned factory, which killed over 7000 people in 1984 and was implicated in a further 15 000 deaths afterwards. Pop: 1 433 875 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for bhopal (2 of 2)

Madhya Pradesh
/ (ˈmʌdjə prɑːˈdɛʃ) /

noun

a state of central India, situated on the Deccan Plateau: rich in mineral resources, with several industrial cities: formerly the largest Indian state, it lost much of the SE to the new state of Chhattisgarh in 2000. Capital: Bhopal. Pop: 60 385 118 (2001). Area: 308 332 sq km (119 016 sq miles)