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Jubbulpore

Jubbulpore

9.9
Former English name for the city of Jabalpur in central India
  • proper noun
  • Archaic
: Jubbulpore
  • I happen to be rejoining my brigade, the 10th Jubbulpore.

Examples

  • The station near Jubbulpore was a key stop for travelers heading to central India.

  • Many historical buildings can still be seen in the area once known as Jubbulpore.

  • Jubbulpore was a significant military base during the British Raj in Jubbulpore.

Synonyms

Jabalpur
vsJubbulpore
1 6.5

A large industrial city in central India known for manufacturing and its famous marble rocks

is the older English name used historically for that city

Surface Forms

Jubbulpore main

Etymology

Jubbulpore is the old English name for the Indian city Jabalpur. A helpful way to remember it is that the name breaks into Jabal (related to 'hill' or 'rock') and pur ('city'), so it simply means 'hill city', and the British wrote that name as Jubbulpore.