| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Ayodhya |
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| SYLLABICATION: | A·yodh·ya |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -y d y |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also A·jodh·ya |
| A former village of northern India on the Ghaghara River, now a joint municipality with Faizabad, near Lucknow. Long associated with Hindu legend, it is a pilgrimage center and one of the seven sites sacred to Hindus.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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