AGRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Agra mean? 

• AGRA (noun)
  The noun AGRA has 1 sense:

1. a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal

  Familiarity information: AGRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Agra" is a part of...):

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

 Context examples 

It is not too much to say that once or twice, as in that business of the Sholto murder and the Agra treasure, he has been more nearly correct than the official force.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)