Cooch Behar
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Cooch Be·har
(ko͞och′ bə-här′) A former princely state of northeast India. Once a powerful part of Assam, it came under British rule in 1772.
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Cooch Behar
(kuːtʃ bɪˈhɑː) orKuch Bihar
n
1. (Placename) a former state of NE India: part of West Bengal since 1950
2. (Placename) a city in India, in NE West Bengal: capital of the former state of Cooch Behar. Pop: 76 812 (2001)
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Cooch Be•har
(ˌkutʃ bəˈhɑr)n.
a former state in NE India: now part of West Bengal.
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