Faisalabad

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Fai·sa·la·bad

F0018200 (fī′sä-lə-bäd′) Formerly Ly·all·pur (lī′əl-po͝or′) A city of northeast Pakistan west of Lahore. Founded in 1892, it is an industrial and commercial center.

Faisalabad

(faɪˈʒɑːləˌbɑːd) n (Placename) a city in NE Pakistan: commercial and manufacturing centre of a cotton- and wheat-growing region; university (1961). Pop: 2 533 000 (2005 est). Former name (until 1979): Lyallpur

Fai•sa•la•bad

(faɪˌsɑ ləˈbɑd, -ˌsæl əˈbæd)
n. a city in NE Pakistan. 1,875,000. Formerly, Lyallpur.

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Faisalabad - city in northeast PakistanLyallpurIslamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

Faisalabad

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Lyallpur

(lī`əlpo͝or), city (1998 pop. 1,977,246), NE Pakistan, in a cotton- and wheat-growing area. It is an important transportation and commercial center, especially for grains, cloth, and ghee (clarified butter). Manufactures include textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemical fertilizer, bicycles, textile machinery, hosiery, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, and soap. The city was founded by Sir James Lyall c.1895 and named in his honor. Punjab Agricultural Univ., several colleges affiliated with the Univ. of Punjab, and numerous experimental farms and cattle-breeding stations are in Faisalabad.

Faisalabad

a city in NE Pakistan: commercial and manufacturing centre of a cotton- and wheat-growing region; university (1961). Pop.: 2 533 000 (2005 est.)

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noun city in northeast Pakistan

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