Mysore
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- proper noun
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Mysore
- During my visit to Mysore, I enjoyed exploring its vibrant markets and rich cultural heritage.
- Mysore, India
Examples
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Details regarding the Winter 2013 study abroad program to Mysore, India, are out now!
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I know someone in Mysore; he may get me a job.
Fiction book (1995) -
Let us go to Mysore together and catch the night train to Bangalore.
Fiction book (1995) -
That evening, Mr. Krishnan came home with an expensive sari from Mysore Silk House.
Fiction book (2002) -
I want a bus ticket to Mysore, if you'll oblige me, and I've got to get the ten o'clock bus.
Fiction book (1995) -
Mysore is also famous for its Navaratri festivities with parades and processions of the deities' images along with decorated animals and music bands.
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Mysore is famous for its stunning palaces, such as the Mysore Palace.
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The annual Dussehra festival celebrated in Mysore attracts thousands of tourists each year.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mysore comes from the local name Mahishuru, from Mahisha 'buffalo demon' and uru 'town'. The city's famous hill temple links to the story of the goddess who beat Mahisha, so the name remembers that local legend and the place.