Definition of Madras. Meaning of Madras. Synonyms of Madras

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Definition of Madras

Madras
Madras Ma*dras", n. [So named after Madras, a city and presidency of India.] A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans. A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow madras turban . . . crouched against the wall. --G. W. Cable.

Meaning of Madras from wikipedia

- Chennai, also known as Madras (its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located...
- The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province)...
- The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras or IIT-M) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the...
- Look up Madras or madras in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Madras is the former name of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state in India. Madras may also...
- the erstwhile Madras Presidency and was formerly known as Madras State. The first legislature of any sort for the Presidency was the Madras Legislative...
- Madras is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language political action drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Karthi, Catherine Tresa (marking...
- Madras Cafe is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language political action thriller film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by John Abraham and Ronnie Lahiri under...
- vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Madras Bashai (Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை, lit. 'Madras Language') is a variety of the Tamil language spoken...
- Madras Manade was a movement launched by the Telugu people (Andhras) residing in Madras to create a separate state for their community with Madras (now...
- Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, lungi...