an industrial city in E India, in West Bengal on the Hooghly River opposite Kolkata (Calcutta). Pop: 1 008 704 (2001)
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How•rah
(hou′rä),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa city in W Bengal, in E India, on the Hooghly River opposite Calcutta. 599,740.
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