Delhinoun
/ˈdel.i//ˈdel.i/the capital city of India, situated in the northern part of the country
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- About a mile across the plain is another group of still more remarkable sepulchers, about seven or eight miles from Delhi.
- Delhi was selected as the place where the meeting between the Queen's representative and the great nobles of India could most appropriately be held, and a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements.
- I have only to-day reached Delhi with the remnant of my army, which has been pursued by the Russian advance guard.
- I was actually at Delhi, and the city was still in the possession of the mutineers.
- The mandate of the Sultan of Delhi could not have been more promptly obeyed.